Causative Agents
The most common, non-infectious form of conjunctivitis.
What is Allergy Conjunctivitis?
This microbe is the most common cause of epidemic outbreaks among young adults.
What is S. pneumoniae?
Symptom most common in children.
What is eye discharge?
What is a cold compress?
Conjunctivitis is also know as...
What is pink eye?
Bacteria that causes infection in neonates and is transferred by the mother during delivery.
What is Chlamydia trachomatis?
The amount of people conjunctivitis affects each year.
What is 6 million people.
Symptom most common in older children and adults.
What is pink or red sclera?
What is 20 seconds?
Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of this eye structure.
What is conjunctiva?
This bacteria is common among all age groups and causes conjunctivitis most often in winter and spring months.
What is Haemophilus influenzae?
Bacterial conjunctivitis occurs during these months.
What is December - April?
A complication that can occur on the cornea of the eye.
What is an ulcer?
Minimum alcohol percentage needed for hand sanitizer.
What is 60%?
Two forms of infectious conjunctivitis.
What is bacterial and viral?
Name 3 methods of transmission for bacterial conjunctivitis.
What are close contact (touching/hand shaking), airborne (coughing/sneezing), touching a contaminated surface and then your eyes before hand washing, and sharing contaminated make-up?
This infection is most common in India.
What is Streptococci infection?
Recovery time of mild bacteria conjunctivitis.
What is 2-5 days, up to 2 weeks?
Antibiotic (name of one) used to treat mild bacterial conjunctivitis.
What is Trimethoprim with polymyxin B, Azithromycin, Gentamicin, Tobramycin, Neomycin, Ciprofloxacin, Ofloxacin, Gatifloxacin, Erythromycin, Bacitracin?
Name three of the least common forms of conjunctivitis.
What are contact lenses, air pollutants, chemicals, foreign bodies, fungi, ameba and parasites?
Name the three microbes that cause bacterial conjunctivitis in all age groups.
What are H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and S. aureus?
Rare cause of neonate conjunctivitis.
What is N. gonorrhoeae?
Scarring of this structure can occur as a complication.
What is punctum?
Type of solution used as an alternative to topical antibiotics in resource-poor countries.
What is Povidone-iodine solution or 1.25% ophthalmic solution?
These become more prominent, giving the sclera a pink hue.
What are blood vessels and capillaries?