PERIORBITAL EDEMA
- P: Pregnancy
- E: Edema: angioedema, cellulitis
- R: Renal: nephrotic
- I: Infectious mononucleosis: Hoagland’s sign
- O: Obstruction: SVC
- R: Rheumatic: Dermatomyositis, Cutaneous SLE
- B: Bitten by insect triatomine bug: T cruzi, Chagas disease – Romana’ sign
- I: Inside cavernous sign thrombosis
- T: Thyroid [Enroth fullness], Trichinosis
- A: Allergies, Albumin low
- L: Lack of sleep, crying (due to salt content of the tears)
CATARACTS
- C: Chloroquine, Chlorambucil, Busulfan, Phenothiazines, Steroids
- A: Age related (arcus senilis), family related
- T: Trauma
- A: Atopic dermatitis, Ichthyosis
- R: Radiation (glass blowers, infrared), Microwaves
- A: Alcohol, smoking
- C: Cushing’s, Cu2+ (Wilson’s), Congenital infections (CMV, Rubella)
- T: Turner’s syndrome, Dystrophia myotonica
- S: Sugar diabetes, Galactosemia
MBChB (O’Porto Univ.), Dip HIV Man (CMSA), DTM&H (Wits), DipPEC (CMSA), Dip Internal Medicine
(CMSA), M. Med. Clinical Pharm [Cum Laude] (Univ. Pretoria), FCP (CMSA). Hard worker, Reliable, Team player, Family man.
