Harrison's Manual of Medicine 17/e

Table 61-1: Causes of a Red or Painful Eye

Table 61-1

  • Blunt or penetrating trauma
  • Chemical exposure
  • Corneal abrasion
  • Foreign body
  • Contact lens (overuse or infection)
  • Corneal exposure (5th, 7th nerve palsy, ectropion)
  • Subconjunctival hemorrhage
  • Blepharitis
  • Conjunctivitis (infectious or allergic)
  • Corneal ulcer
  • Herpes keratitis
  • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
  • Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye)
  • Dacrocystitis
  • Episcleritis
  • Scleritis
  • Anterior uveitis (iritis or iridocyclitis)
  • Endophthalmitis
  • Acute angle-closure glaucoma
  • Medicamentosus
  • Pinguecula
  • Pterygium
  • Proptosis (retrobulbar mass, orbital cellulitis, Graves’ ophthalmopathy, orbital pseudotumor, carotid-cavernous fistula)


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Common Disorders of Vision and Hearing

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