Red eye

Resident Survival Guide

Red eye Microchapters
Patient Information
Overview
Classification
Causes
Differentiating Red eye from other Diseases
Treatment

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

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

Treatment

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Related Chapters

• List of eye diseases and disorders