A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin and mucous membranes
- Eyes [epiphora (Greek for “trickling of tears”; this refers to the leakage of lacrimal fluid over the edges of the eyelids)]
- Inspection (viewing).
- Ophthalmic examination – slit lamp examination (viewing the eyeball under appropriate lighting and high magnification) [due topossible sequelae: Cataracta complicata (form of cataract), corneal band degeneration, macular edema (water accumulation in the area of the retinal center), phthisis bulbi (shrinkage of the eyeball; leads to blindness), secondary open-angle glaucoma, synechiae (adhesions) between the iris (iris) and the posterior surface of the cornea, synechiae between the iris and the lens].
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
