Summary
Differentials
Common
- Trichiasis
- Entropion
- Ectropion
- Blepharitis
- Dry eye
- Corneal ulcer (bacterial, viral, or fungal)
- Contact lens-related red eye
- Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
- Corneal foreign body
- Corneal abrasion
- Keratitis
- Subtarsal conjunctival foreign body
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Viral conjunctivitis
- Nontraumatic subconjunctival hemorrhage
Uncommon
- Angle-closure glaucoma
- Chlamydial conjunctivitis
- Neonatal conjunctivitis
- Penetrating ocular trauma
- Chemical trauma
- Episcleritis
- Scleritis
- Anterior uveitis
Contributors
Authors
Jonathan Smith, FRCOphth, MRCP
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Sunderland Eye Infirmary
Sunderland
UK
Disclosures
JS declares that he has received travel and meeting costs from Novartis and Bayer.
Philip Severn, FRCOphth, MRCP
Consultant Ophthalmologist
James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough
UK
Disclosures
PS declares that he has served on the advisory boards of and received travel grants from Bayer and Novartis. He has also received travel grants from Allergan.
Lucy Clarke, MRCS, FRCOphth
Consultant in Ophthalmology
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
UK
Disclosures
LC declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Michael P. Ehrenhaus, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Cornea External Disease and Refractive Surgery Local Director
Long Island College Hospital Eye Center
Brooklyn
NY
Disclosures
MPE declares that he has no competing interests.
Usha Chakravarthy, MBBS, FRCS, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Centre for Vision Science
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast
UK
Disclosures
UC declares that she has no competing interests.
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