Red eye
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
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Synonyms and keywords: Bloodshot eye
Overview
Red eye is one of the most common complaints managed by primary care physicians though in some cases it heralds a serious and life-threatening condition needing urgent referral to ophthalmologist. The etiology of red eye can be infectious, traumatic, inflammatory, allergic, autoimmune and rarely secondary to tumors. Red eye stems from pathologies of eye lid, conjunctiva, cornea, sclera and uvea.
Classification
Causes
Common causes
There are many causes of a red eye including conjunctivitis, blepharitis, acute glaucoma, injury, subconjunctival hemorrhage, inflamed pterygium, inflamed pinguecula, and dry eye syndrome.
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Adenoviruses
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Anticoagulant therapy
- Atopic dermatitis
- Bacterial toxins
- Behçet's disease
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Chronic Inflammatory Intestinal Disease
- Conjunctivitis: either viral, bacterial or allergic
- Contact dermatitis
- Contact lens complications
- Cosmetics
- Crohn's disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Fever
- Acute glaucoma attack
- Haemophilus
- Hay fever
- Hemangioma
- Hypertension
- Infective endocarditis
- Keratitis
- Leptospirosis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphangioma
- Measles
- Moraxella
- Oprelvekin
- Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease
- Pseudomonas
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Recurrent corneal erosion
- Sarcoidosis
- Staphylococciconjunctivitis
- Streptococcusconjunctivitis
- Syphillis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Tuberculosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Uveitis
- Voigt-Koyanagai Syndrome
- Whipple's disease
Differentiating Red eye from other Diseases
Treatment
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