Source: EyeRounds.org. Contributor: William Charles Caccamise, Sr, MD, Retired Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Common in autumn and winter
Wash hands and clean equipment between patients as highly contagious.
Source: EyeRounds.org. Contributor: William Charles Caccamise, Sr, MD, Retired Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Presentations
Acute follicular conjunctivitis
Red eye
Mild irritation and watering
Lid odema after 48 hours
Bilateral
Rapid resolution
Pharyngoconjunctival fever
Follicular conjunctivitis with systemic viral features