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Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
THERAPY Treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis •Most patients do not require antibiotics With some exceptions, antibiotic treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis is NOT required because the course is usually self-limited. However, because topical antibiotics may shorten the clinical course, the choice of whether to use antibiotics for the treatment of acute bacterial conjunctivitis is driven by patient preferences (for […]
Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis)- Symptoms Causes
●Causes – Conjunctivitis may be infectious (bacterial or viral) or noninfectious (allergic, toxic, dryness, and others). Most infectious conjunctivitis is probably viral; bacterial conjunctivitis is more common in children than in adults. ●Diagnosis – The diagnosis of conjunctivitis is made in a patient with a red eye and discharge only if the vision is normal […]