$15.00
This course covers intermediate to advanced level information on systemic disease as it relates to the eye and is presented online thru Eye-Courses.com.
After completing this course, the student should be able to answer the following questions:
· What is a systemic disease?
· What are the 4 most common systemic diseases that affect the eye?
· What is Diabetes?
· What are the roles of insulin and glucose in the body?
· What is the difference between Type I and Type II Diabetes?
· What are the causes of Type I and Type II Diabetes?
· What are the symptoms of Diabetes?
· How is Diabetes diagnosed?
· What are the treatments for Diabetes?
· How does Diabetes affect the eye?
· What is hypertension?
· What can hypertension do to the body?
· What can hypertension lead to?
· What are the causes of hypertension?
· What are the treatments for hypertension?
· How does hypertension affect the eye?
· What does the thyroid gland do?
· What is the difference between hyper and hypothyroidism?
· What are the symptoms of hyper/hypothyroidism?
· What are the treatments for thyroid disease?
· How does thyroid disease affect the eye?
· What is Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)?
· What can RA do to the body?
· What are the symptoms of RA?
· What are the treatments for RA?
· How does RA affect the eye?
· What is uveitis?
· What disorders can cause uveitis flares?
This course should take approximately 1 hour to complete.
This course has been approved by the AOA Commission on Paraoptometric Certification (CPC) for continuing education credit for use toward paraoptometric certification renewal.