Conjunctivitis

Background

  • Number 1 cause of acute red eye

Diagnosis

  • Rarely painful, more irritated
  • Limbic sparing
  • viral keratoconjucitivis assoc with URI and adeno
  • watery viral/discharge bacterial/consider chlamydia

DDx

  1. Viral Conjunctivitis
  2. Bacterial Conjunctivitis
  3. Allergic Conjunctivitis
  4. Herpes Zoster (HZV) Conjunctivitis
  5. HSV Conjunctivitis
  6. Gonorrheal Conjunctivitis
  7. Chlamydia Conjunctivitis

Chemical (Contact) Conjunctivitis

  1. Topical Meds or Cosmetics
    1. irrigate, naphazoline drops, outpt for tx failure

See Caustic Keratoconjunctivitis

See Also

Source

  • Mahmood AR, Narang AT. Diagnosis and management of the acute red eye. Emerg Med Clin N Am. 2008;26:35-55.