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== | ==Classification== | ||
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===Common causes=== | ===Common causes=== | ||
There are many causes of a red eye including [[conjunctivitis]], [[blepharitis]], acute [[glaucoma]], [[eye injury|injury]], [[subconjunctival hemorrhage]], inflamed [[pterygium]], inflamed [[pinguecula]], and [[dry eye syndrome]]. | There are many causes of a red eye including [[conjunctivitis]], [[blepharitis]], acute [[glaucoma]], [[eye injury|injury]], [[subconjunctival hemorrhage]], inflamed [[pterygium]], inflamed [[pinguecula]], and [[dry eye syndrome]]. | ||
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== | ==Differentiating Red eye from other Diseases== | ||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [2]
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Synonyms and keywords: Bloodshot eye
Overview
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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