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InnovAiT 2009 2(1):44-49; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn133
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Acute conjunctivitis

Dr Hazel Everitt

Clinical Lecturer in General Practice, Primary Medical Care, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK

E-mail: hae1{at}soton.ac.uk


  Abstract

Acute conjunctivitis is common. About 2–5% of general practice consultations are related to eye conditions and approximately 40% of these are concerned with conjunctivitis. Thus, on average, a full-time general practitioner sees a patient with conjunctivitis every week. The most common presentation is with a red eye. The main tasks are to exclude potentially serious causes of a red eye and then decide whether the conjunctivitis is infective, allergic or due to other causes so that suitable management can be initiated.


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