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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
hemorrhage • Dry eyes Cornea ... : • Corneal abrasion ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Red #Eye #redeye
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
production -> Corneal ... conjunctiva and cornea ... blindness) • Corneal ... dryness of the cornea ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology
Ocular Rosacea - Slit-lamp examination revealed telangiectasia with hyperemia of the eyelid margins, conjunctival hyperemia, and
neovascularization of the cornea ... both eyes, with corneal ... Ocular #Rosacea #Corneal ... Pseudopterygium #NEJM
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Conjunctivitis • Corneal ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... #Atraumatic #RedEye ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Surface Injury: • Corneal ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... #Traumatic #RedEye ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of the Red and Painful Eye
1. External
2. Lids and Lashes
3. Conjunctiva and
Algorithm for the ... Cornea 5. ... twitter.com/thame #RedEye ... #Painful #Algorithm
Eye Injury from a Firecracker - Slit-lamp examination of the left eye revealed multiple foreign bodies
levels in the corneal ... #CT #SlitLamp #Cornea ... #Orbit #NEJM
Painful Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Acute Angle Glaucoma
 • Iritis
 • Scleritis
 •
Conjunctivitis • Corneal ... LizzyHastie #Painful #RedEye
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology