Conjunctivitis
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Background
- Most common cause of acute red eye
- Viral infection is usual etiology
- Injected conjunctiva w/ perilimbal sparing
- Rarely painful; more irritated
Types
Conjunctivitis Types
Treatment
- Viral infections - most common cause of conjunctivitis, but difficult to differentiate viral from bacterial
- Many clinicians treat all presentations as bacterial conjunctivitis
- Eye redness, lid swelling, crusting of the eye in the morning and drainage
- Pain, loss of vision and photophobia should not be present.
- Ointments - soothing effect
- Interfere with vision
- Drops - no interference with vision.
- Corticosteroids and eye patching - exacerbate the infections
See Also
Source
- Mahmood, Narang. Diagnosis & management of acute red eye. Emerg Med Clin N Am 2008;26
- Tintinalli