Conjunctivitis

A large portion of patients applying to the eye clinics are patients suffering from conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the eye conjunctival layer, and bacterial, viral, chlamydial, neonatal conjunctivitis, allergic conjunctivitis, giant papillary conjunctivitis, and irritative co...

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Main Authors: Ali Akal, Halit Oğuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2012-12-01
Series:Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2232/Conjunctivitis
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description A large portion of patients applying to the eye clinics are patients suffering from conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the eye conjunctival layer, and bacterial, viral, chlamydial, neonatal conjunctivitis, allergic conjunctivitis, giant papillary conjunctivitis, and irritative conjunctivitis are recognized. The purpose of this paper is to give basic information about conjunctivitis which is an inflammatory disease of the anterior segment and one of the causes of red eye, to illustrate its characteristics and symptoms as well as the laboratory tests used in the differential diagnosis, and to describe the types of treatments that are to be used. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: Supplement 48-51)
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spelling doaj.art-1e48cf87d2f540bf8fd7ce8fb5e374da2023-02-15T16:09:04ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612012-12-01421485110.4274/tjo.42.s10ConjunctivitisAli Akal0Halit Oğuz1Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa, TürkiyeHarran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa, TürkiyeA large portion of patients applying to the eye clinics are patients suffering from conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the eye conjunctival layer, and bacterial, viral, chlamydial, neonatal conjunctivitis, allergic conjunctivitis, giant papillary conjunctivitis, and irritative conjunctivitis are recognized. The purpose of this paper is to give basic information about conjunctivitis which is an inflammatory disease of the anterior segment and one of the causes of red eye, to illustrate its characteristics and symptoms as well as the laboratory tests used in the differential diagnosis, and to describe the types of treatments that are to be used. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: Supplement 48-51)http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2232/ConjunctivitisConjunctivitisallergicinfection
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