Eye Can See Disease

Systemic Diseases And The Eye

Tiffany Tran
Mentor: Dr. Tracy Eickhoff
Place of Business: Bella Vista Eyecare Associates
Mentors Area of Study: Optometry
Topic of Study: Systemic Diseases and the Eye
Independent Study Mentorship- Fall 2016
Teacher: Mrs. Click
What's Independent Study Mentorship?
An advanced academic level course that allows students to learn from an adult
professional in a specific career of their choice. Teachers give students guideline
instructions and the students choose and create their own plan of study. The course
gives students a chance to learn from professionals firsthand and get experience in that
certain field of study.
What's Independent Study Mentorship? (cont.)
Course Requirements
Have a minimum of 3 hours of mentorship activity every week.
Document experiences with a Journal Entry every week.
Complete all of the required assignments
Create a professional online portfolio to showcase assignments and final project.
Complete an in-depth mentorship
Create a final product and presentation relating to the area of study.
My Topic
Your optometrist can check your overall health and even check if you might be at risk of
a disease.
My mentor taught me that on my first mentorship day.
That especially interested me because my mother has diabetes and hypertension.
Diabetes (Diabetic Retinopathy)
Diabetes mainly affects blood vessels within the eye.
Hypertension
Hypertension can first be found by observing arteriolar narrowing within an eye.
AIDS
Common ocular symptoms AIDS and HIV can include eye infection, retinal detachment,
eyelid tumors and neuro-ophthalmic disorders
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
MS will most definitely optic neuritis

Graves Disease
The first indication that a patient may have Graves Disease or hyperthyroidism is
proptosis
Sarcoidosis
The most common symptom of sarcoidosis is uveitis
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Conclusion
Examining an eye can help your optometrist find possible underlying diseases or check
the conditions of current diseases.
Special Thanks To
Dr. Eickhoff, her co-workers, Mrs. Click, my mom and dad
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"The Eye in Systemic Disease." Systemic Disease and the Eye. University of Illinois
College of Medicine, n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2016.
<http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/cms/One.aspx?pageId=15427346>.
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Yunker, J. Jacob. Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease. N.d. PowerPoint
Presentation. 30 Sept. 2016.