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general & self-management/advice for ectropion {Ans: early puntal or incipient types should be wiped upwards to avoid making worse. Cicarical following trauma or surger can be massaged to stretch scaring +/- Steroid}Management of CRAo {Ans: artery can re-canalize over time and the oedema can clear. However, optic atrophy leads to permanent loss of vision. Irreversible damage to neural tissue occurs after only 90 minutes •Refer for ophthalmological treatment ASAP toreperfuse ischaemic tissue as quickly as possible •Reperfusion can be via carbogen inhalation, acetazolamide infusion, ocular massage and paracentesis, as well as various vasodilators (IV) GTN , thrombolytic therapy, I(V) or intra-arterially by direct catheterisation of the ophthalmic artery}Diagnosis of RAO/BRAO? {Ans: rarely requires confirmatory testing -flouresin angiography (good when atypical) ESR and CRP: in all patient w/o retinal emboli}Hypopyon is a symtoms of which disease {Ans: corneal ulcer, TB, HSV, Lymes & toxicaris, MS and psoriatic arthiritis}what is a meibomian cyst/chalazion? {Ans: A Meibomian cyst (MC) (also known as a chalazion) i s a sterile, chronic, inflammatory granuloma caused by the obstruction of a Meibomian gland, that manifests as a swelling on the inside of an eyelid. MCs can occur spontaneously or may develop from