This presentation provides an overview for family physicians of the common disorder known as red eye, including the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of various conditions that cause it

Oteng-Gyimah, Louis

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University of Massachusetts Medical School eScholarship@UMMS PEER Liberia Project UMass Medical School Collaborations in Liberia 2020-06-08 Ophthalmology Lecture 2: Red Eye for the Family Physician Louis Oteng-Gyimah Sunyani SDA Hospital Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Follow this and additional works at: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/liberia_peer  Part of the Eye Diseases Commons, Family Medicine Commons, Medical Education Commons, and the Ophthalmology Commons Repository Citation Oteng-Gyimah L. (2020). Ophthalmology Lecture 2: Red Eye for the Family Physician. PEER Liberia Project. https://doi.org/10.13028/z1ka-g173. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/liberia_peer/41 This material is brought to you by eScholarship@UMMS. It has been accepted for inclusion in PEER Liberia Project by an authorized administrator of eScholarship@UMMS. For more information, please contact Lisa.Palmer@umassmed.edu. ELWA Family Medicine Residency ProgramLOUIS OTENG-GYIMAH, MBChB, MGCSOPHTHALMOLOGIST @ SUNYANI SDA HOSPITALBONO REGION, GHANARED EYE FOR THE FAMILYPHYSICIANINTRODUCTION For the primary care physician, the occurrence of a red eye is a frequent and prominent finding of a disease process in patients.  A careful history and simple examination with the observation of typical clinical signs are important for the management of this common disorder.  The causes can be classified as painful red eye, trauma, and other common conditions.  The most frequent causes of a red eye, such as dry eye, conjunctivitis, keratitis, iritis, acute glaucoma, subconjunctival hematoma, foreign bodies, corneal abrasion, and blunt or penetrating traumaOften benign and self-limiting, some diseases associated with a red eye can nevertheless threaten eyesight or even life. Disorders that cause rapid blindness include infectious corneal ulcers, angle-closure glaucoma, traumatic or postoperative endophthalmitis, hyperacute gonococcal conjunctivitis, chemical injuries, and ocular trauma.  The many clinical images accompanying the conditions discussed will enhance recognition of the important symptoms and signs of each disease, enabling the primary care physician to appropriately manage the patient with a red eye and refer urgent cases to an ophthalmologist.ANSWERS

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