Inflammation of conjunctiva is a common condition, which presents with varying degrees of severity. A clinical trial was conducted in 20 patients who presented with the signs and symptoms of acute and chronic conjunctivitis. After the examination and conjunctival smear tests, patients were advised to instil OphthaCare eye drops. Majority of patients responded right from the first week and major...

A survey of patients visiting the eye casualty clinic of the Leicester Royal Infirmary was conducted during a one-year period. Demographic and clinical data were collected for 6576 patients. Data were recorded by both medical and clerical personnel during each patient visit. In addition to reporting the main demographic variables in the study, the most common diagnoses and occupations were anal...

PURPOSE Bacterial eye infections are commonly treated with topical antibiotics, despite limited evidence of effectiveness. Azithromycin 1% in DuraSite((R)) is a new formulation of azithromycin in a gel polymer designed for use in acute bacterial conjunctivitis. METHODS We conducted systematic searches of the Cochrane Database of Clinical Trials, PubMed and Google Scholar to find randomized co...

Ocular myasis and associated mucopurulent conjunctivitis in human eyes is a rare phenomenon. However, if the sheep bot fly abounds and poor hygienic environment prevails, the Oestrous ovis deposits its larvae in the conjunctival eye sac of human. The present paper reports a case study of ocular myasis among sheep farm workers caused by Oestrous ovis. The ocular myasis and the associated mucopur...

NEW DRUGS Eyedrops for Bacterial Conjunctivitis The FDA has approved besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension 0.6% (Besivance, Bausch & Lomb), a topical eyedrop for patients with nonviral bacterial conjunctivitis. Bacterial forms of conjunctivitis are common in childhood, but they can occur in people of any age. Symptoms can include reddened eyes, swelling, eyelids sticking together, itching, waterin...

A 12-year-old girl was referred to our clinic because of unilateral conjunctivitis not responding to treatment. In the left eye, lower bulbar and tarsal conjunctiva had a polypoidal appearance due to micronodules and there was a subconjunctival nodular mass in the inferior fornix. Systemic examination was unremarkable except for a left preauricular lymphadenopathy. Excision biopsy of the subcon...

Ophthalmia neonatorum is a form of conjunctivitis occurring in infants younger than 4 weeks. It can be a leading cause of blindness in newborns. In this random clinical case-control study, ophthalmia neonatorum was investigated in one university centre. In this study, prophylactic effect of normal saline and ophthalmic erythromycin was compared with a group not receiving any prophylaxis. The fi...

Trachoma, the second leading cause of blindness world wide, continues to be hyperendemic in many areas of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Caused by an ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, this chronic conjunctivitis results in more blindness than any other infectious eye disease. Once endemic in most countries, trachoma has largely disappeared from Europe and the Americas. Because of...

Primary health care worker • Screens visual acuity • Treats conjunctivitis • Dispenses reading spectacles for people aged 50 and over 200 under-resourced, particularly French and Portuguese speaking and conflict states (Table 2). The fact is that an insufficient number of new eye health workers are being trained for the needs of a growing and ageing population. Without government commitment to ...

Neonatal chlamydial eye infection was detected in 39 cases of 281 infants with purulent conjunctivitis seen at the Department of Ophthalmology. Most cases of neonatal chlamydial eye infection (90%) were detected during the first month of life, and no case was found after 2 months of age. C. trachomatis was not isolated from any of 161 healthy control infants at 3-4 weeks of age. Genital chlamyd...