Red eye (medicine)
Eye that appears red due to illness or injury / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A red eye is an eye that appears red due to illness or injury. It is usually injection and prominence of the superficial blood vessels of the conjunctiva, which may be caused by disorders of these or adjacent structures. Conjunctivitis and subconjunctival hemorrhage are two of the less serious but more common causes.
This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (April 2012) |
Red eye | |
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Subconjunctival hemorrhage causing red coloration as result of ruptured blood vessel in the eye | |
Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Management includes assessing whether emergency action (including referral) is needed, or whether treatment can be accomplished without additional resources.
Slit lamp examination is invaluable in diagnosis but initial assessment can be performed using a careful history, testing vision (visual acuity), and carrying out a penlight examination.