FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
• ROUNDTO OVAL ELEVATIONS , 0.5 TO 1.5MM IN DIA , MORE OFTEN IN SUPERIOR AND
INFERIOR TARSAL CONJUNCTIVA
• ACUTE – VIRAL (EBV, HERPES), CHLAMYDIAL
• CHRONIC - CHRONIC CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
• FOLLICLES ARE LYMPHOID GERMINAL CENTRES WITH AVASCULAR APICES AND FINE VESSELS AT
BASE , ALONG WITH REGIONAL LYMPHADENOPATHY
PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS
• NONSPECIFICDUE TO MULTIPLE ETIOLOGY
• FOUND MORE IN UPPER TARSAL CONJUNCTIVA
• FINE MOSAIC PATTERN OF DILATED TELANGIECTATIC VESSELS
GRANULOMATOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
• PROLIFERATIVELESIONS THAT REMAIN LOCALISED TO ONE EYE USUALLY
1. TUBERCULOSIS OF CONJ
2. SARCOIDOSIS OF CON
3. SYPHILITIC CONJUNCTIVITIS
4. LEPROTIC CONJUNCTIVITIS
5. OPHTHALMIA NODOSA
6. CONJUNCTIVITIS IN TULARAEMIA
10.
• BASED ONETIOLOGY
1. INFECTIOUS – Bacterial , viral, Chlamydial, Fungi, Parasitic
2. NON-INFECTIOUS (TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY)
11.
INFECTIOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
• BACTERIAL– STAPH AUREUS AND ALBUS, HAEMOPHILUS AEGYPTICUS, H. INFLUENZA, N.
GONORRHEA, N. MENGITIDIS , E. COLI, STREPTO. PYOGENES, PROTEUS. S.PNEUMONIAE
• VIRAL – HERPES SIMPLEX, ADENO, PICORNA (COXACKIE AND ENTERO 70), MYXOVIRUS
(MEASLES), MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
• CHLAMYDIAL- TRACHOMA (A , B &C)
INCLUSION CONJUNCTIVITIS (D-K)
LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (L1 , L2 AND L3)
• FUNGAL (UNCOMMON) – CANDIDA, ASPERGILLUS, NOCARDIA
• PARASITIC
12.
INFECTIOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
• COMMONEST
•DUE TO DEFEAT OF FOLLOWING PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS :
1. LOW TEMPERATURE (DUE TO EXPOSURE TO AIR)
2. LIDS (PHYSICAL PROTECTION)
3. LYSOSYMES
4. FLUSHING ACTION BY TEARS
5. SECREORY IMMUNOGLOBULINS
COMMON CAUSATIVES
• STAPHAUREUS – MCC OF BACTERIAL AND BLEPHAROCONJUNCTIVITIS
• STAPH EPIDERMIDIS (INNOCUOUS FLORA OF CONJUNCTIVA)
• STREPTO PNEUMONIAE – ASSOC WITH PETECHIAL SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
• STREPTO PYOGNENES – PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS
• HEMOPHILUS AEGYTPTICUS – MUCOPURULENT , RED EYE
• MORAXELLA LACUNATE (ANGULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS)
• PSEUDOMONAS PYOCYANEA – INVADES CORNEA
• CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPTHERIAE- MEMBRANOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
• NEISSERIA GONORRHEA – OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM IN CHILDREN
PURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS IN ADULTS
• NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS - MUCOPURULENT
15.
MODE OF SPREAD
DIRECTCONTACT
VECTOR (FLIES)
FOMITES
EXOGENOUS LOCAL SORROUNDINGS ENDOGENOUS
INFECTED LACRIMAL SAC
INFECTED NASOPHARYNX
INFECTED LID
THROUGH BLOOD
(M. COCCI AND G. COCCI)
MODE OF SPREAD
16.
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
• VASCULARRESPONSE – CONGESTION , CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION, INCREASED VASCULAR
PERMEABILITY.
• CELLULAR CHANGES – EXUDATION OF PMNL SUBSTANTIA PROPRIA OF CONJUNCTIVA AND
CONJUNCTIVAL SAC
• CONJUNCTIVAL TISSUE RESPONSE- BECOMES EDEMATOUS , DESQUAMATION OF SUPERFICIAL
EPITHELIAL CELLS , PROLIFERATION OF BASAL CELLS
• CONJUNCTIVAL DISCHARGE – TEA, FIBRIN , BACTERIA , INFLAMMATORY CELLS, DESQ EPITHELIAL
CELLS , AND BLOOD STAINED DUE TO RBC DIAPEDESIS
17.
BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVAL
Assoc withCATARRHAL (MUCOPURULENT)
Assoc with PURULENT
Assoc with membranous
Assoc with pseudomembranous
Angular
18.
ACUTE MUCOPURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS
•MOST COMMON
• MARKED CONJUNCTIVAL HYPERAEMIA
• MUCOPURULENT DISCHARGE FROM EYE
• CAUSATIVE ORGANISMS :
1. STAPH. AUREUS
2. H. AEGYPTICUS
3. PNEUMOCOCCUS
4. STREPTOCOCCUS
5. EXANTHEMATA IN MEASLES AND SCARLET FEVER
19.
SYMPTOMS
• ENGORGED VESSELSCAUSES DISCOMFORT AND FOREIGN BODY SENSATION
• MUCOPURULENT D/C CAUSING STICKING OF LIDS AFTER SLEEP
• MILD PHOTOPHOBIA
• DUE TO MUCOUS FLAKES – BLURRING OF VISION AND COLORED HALOS DUE TO ITS
PRISMATIC EFFECT
20.
SIGNS
• FLAKES OFMUCOUS IN FORNICES , CANTHI AND LID MARGINS
• MATTED TOGETHER CILIA WITH YELLOW CRUSTS
• CONJUNCTIVAL CONGESTION
• CHEMOSIS
• PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGES IN PNEUMOCOCCUS
21.
CLINICAL COURSE
1. PEAKIN 3-5 DAYS
2. RESOLVES IN MILD CASES OR BECOMES
3. LESS INTENSE AS IN CATARRHAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
TREATMENT
• TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS: CHLORAMPHENICOL (1%), GENTAMYCIN (0.3%) IF INEFFECTIVE
CIPRO (0.3%), OFLOXACIN (0.3%), GATIFLOXACIN (0.3%)
• IRRIGATION OF CONJUNCTIVAL SAC : WITH STERILE WARM SALINE ONCE OR TWICE A DAY
FREQUENT EYEWASH IS CONTRAINDICATED (WASHES
OF LYSOSYMES AND PROTECTIVE PROTEINS )
• DARK GLASS FOR PHOTOPHOBIA
• NO BANDAGE (DECREASE IN EXPOSURE INCREASE IN TEMP INCREASE IN BACTERIAL
GROWTH )
• ANTI INFLAMMATORY AND ANALGESICS
•
ADULT PURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS
•ADULTS MAINLY MALES , DIRECT SPREAD FROM GENITALS, CAUSED BY NEISSERIA GONORRHEA
, STAPH AUREUS AND PNEUMOCOCCUS (RARE)
• CLINICALLY 3 STAGES
• STAGE OF INFILTRATION – LASTS FOR 4 TO 5 DAYS, PAINFUL TENDER EYE, BRIGHT RED
CHEMOSED CONJUNCTIVA , WATER/SANGINOUS D/C , PREAURICULAR LN +
• STAGE OF BLENORRHEA – 5TH
DAY TO SEVERAL DAYS , PURULENT D/C DOWN CHEEKS
• STAGE OF SLOW HEALING – PAIN AND D/C DECREASES BUT CONJUNCTIVA REMAINS RED
VELVETY THICK
• CLINICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH URETHRITIS AND ARTHRITIS
26.
COMPLICATIONS
• CORNEAL INVOLVEMENT: DUE TO INABILITY TO INVADE NORMAL CORNEA DIFFUSE HAZE
ENSUES WITH YELLOW / GREY SPOTS AT CENTER , EDEMA , CENTRAL NECROSIS DUE TO
SUCCESSFUL INVASION , ULCERATION AND PERFORATION
• IRITIS AND IRIDOCYCLITIS
• SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS : SEPTICEMIA , ENDOCARDITIS AND ARTHRITIS
27.
TREATMENT
• SYSTEMIC THERAPY
•NORFLOXACIN 1.2 MG ORALLY QID X 5 DAYS
• CEFOXITIM 1 GM IV X 5 DAYS , CEFOTAXIME 500MG IV X5 DAYS, CEFTRIAXONE 1.2 GM IM QID X 5
DAYS
• ANY OF ABOVE WITH - ERYTHROMYCIN 250 MG QID FOR X 1 WEEK OR
DOXYCYCLINE 100MG ORALLY
• TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS
CIPRO, OFLOXACIN , TOBRAMYCIN EYEDROPS EVERY 2 HRS FIRST 2 -3 DAYS F/B 5 TIMES DAILY
BACITRACIN OR ERYTHROMYCIN OINTMENT FOR 7 DAYS
28.
• IRRIGATION USINGSTERILE SALINE – REMOVES INFECTED DEBRIS
• TROPICAL ATROPINE (1%) 2 TIMES DAILY IF CORNEAL INVOLVEMENT
• SCREEN PARTNER FOR STD
29.
ACUTE MEMBRANOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
•TRUE MEMBRANE FORMATION BLEEDS ON PEELING
• CAUSED BY - CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE
BETA – HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI, N.GONORRHEAE, H.AEGYPTICUS, S.AUREUS,
E. COLI, VIRAL INFECTION , THERMAL AND CHEMICAL BURNS
CLINICAL FEATURES
• USUALLYCHILDREN 2-8 YEARS OLD (NOT IMMUNISED) TOXIC AND FEBRILE
1. STAGE OF INFILTRATION :
• SCANTY D/C AND SEVERE PAIN
• SWOLLEN AND HARD LIDS , RED SWOLLEN CONJUNCTIVA COVERED WITH GREY YELLOW MEMBRANE
WHICH BLEEDS ON REMOVAL
• PRE AURICULAR LN +
2. STAGE OF SUPPURATION –
• PAIN DECREASES , MEMBRANE SLOUGHS OFF AND LIDS BECOME SOFT
• COPIOUS PURULENT D/C
3. STAGE OF CICATRIZATION –
• RAW SURFACE COVERED WITH GRANUATION TISSUE AND EPITHELISED
• TRICHIASIS , CONJUNCTIVAL XEROSIS
TREATMENT
• TOPICAL :
1.PENICILLIN 1:10000 UNIT /ML EVERY 30 MINS
2. ANTI DIPHTHERIC SERUM EVERY 1 HR
3. ATROPINE 1% OINT IF CORNEAL INVOLVEMENT
4. BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC AT BEDTIME
• SYSTEMIC :
• CRYSTALLINE PENICILLIN 5 LAC UNITS IM BD X 10 DAYS
• ANTI – DIPHTHERIC SERUM 50K UNITS IM STAT
• TO PREVENT SYMBLEPHARON – APPLY CONTACT SHELL OR SWEEP GLASS ROD WITH OINTMENT
• PROPHYLAXIS – ISOLATION OF PATIENT AND IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA
35.
ACUTE PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
•ETIOLOGY :
• BACTERIAL – C. DIPHTHERIAE, STAPH, STREPTO, H. INFLUENZA AND N. GONORRHEA
• VIRAL – HERPES SIMPLEX AND ADENO VIRUS
• CHEMICAL – ACID , AMMONIA , LIME, COPPER SULPHATE AND SILVER NITRATE
• CLINICALLY – ACUTE MUCOPURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS WITH PSEUDO-MEMBRANE
FORMATION
• TREATMENT SAME AS MUCOPURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS
36.
CHRONIC CATARRHAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
•ETILOGY :
1. PREDISPOSING FACTORS – CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO DUST, SMOKE, CHEMICAL IRRITANTS
2. LOCAL IRRITANTS SUCH AS TRICHIASIS AND CONCRETIONS , FB
3. ALCOHOL ABUSE
• CAUSATIVE AGENTS:
1. STAPH AUREUS
2. GRAM NEG BACILLI – PROTEUS , KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE , E. COLI AND MORAXELLA
37.
SOURCE AND MODEOF INFECTION
• AS A SEQUALAE OF UNTREATED ACUTE MUCOPURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS
• AS CHRONIC INFECTION FROM DACROCYSTITIS, ASSOC RHINITIS , URI
• AS MILD INFECTION FOR EXOGENOUS DIRECT CONTACT / AIRBORNE
38.
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS
•SYMPTOMS :
1. BURNING AND GRITTINESS OF EYES, SPECIALLY IN EVENING
2. MILD CHRONIC REDNESS
3. DRYNESS AND HEATED FEELING OF EYELIDS
4. MILD MUCOUS D/C
5. SLEEPINESS AND TIREDNESS OF EYES
• SIGNS :
1. CONGESTION OF POSTERIOR CONJUNCTIVAL VESSELS
2. MILD PAPILLARY HYPERTROPHY
3. SURFACE OF CONJUNCTIVA LOOKS STICKY WITH CONGESTED LID MARGINS
39.
TREATMENT
• ELIMINATION OFPREDISPOSING CAUSE
• TOPICAL ANTIBIOTIC : CHLORAMPHENICOL / GENTAMYCIN 3-4 TIMES A WEEK
• ASTRINGENT EYE DROPS : ZINC BORIC ACID FOR SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS
•SYMPTOMS :
1. IRRITATION, DISCOMFORT
2. COLLECTION OF FOAMY WHITE D/C AT ANGLES
3. REDNESS AT ANGLE OF EYE
• SIGNS:
1. HYPERAEMIA OF BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA NEAR CANTHI
2. HYPERAEMIA OF LID MARGINS NEAR ANGLES
3. EXCORIATION OF SKIN AROUND ANGLES
4. PRESCENCE OF FOAMY MUCOPURULENT D/C AT ANGLES
44.
COMPLICATIONS
• BLEPHARITIS
• MARGINALCATARRHAL CORNEAL ULCERATION
• TREATMENT:
• GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE AND TREATMENT OF NASAL INFECTION
• OXYTETRACYLINE 1% EYE OINTMENT 2-3 TIMES X 10-14 TIMES DAYS
• ZINC LOTION AT DAYTIME AND ZINC OXIDE AT BEDTIME
• Keratoconjunctivitis,
• Primarilyaffecting the superficial epithelium of conjunctiva &
cornea simultaneously.
• mixed follicular & papillary response of conjunctival tissue.
• one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in the world.
TRACHOMA
48.
SOURCE OF INFECTION:
•Conjunctival discharge of affected person
• Superimposed bacterial infection
increased secretions
more spread
Etiology
CAUSITIVE ORGANISM:
• Chlamydia trrachomatis (Psittacosis-
lymphogranulomatous group)
• 11 serotypes (A to K)
MODES OF INFECTION:
• Direct spread by air-borne or water-borne
modes
• Vector transmission by flies
• Maternal transfer through contaminated
fingers, clothes, bedding etc
PREDISPOSING FACTORS:
• Age: commonly in infancy &
childhood, but age no bar
• Sex: more in females • Race:
very common in Jews
• Climate: dry & dusty weather
favors
• Socio-economic status: more in
poor classes
• Environmental: exposure to
dust, irritants, smoke, sunlight etc
49.
• Incubation period:
5-21 days, mostly insidious onset
• Clinical course:
1. Pure trachoma is mild & symptomless, often neglected
2. If superimposed with bacterial infection, presents with typical bacterial
conjunctivitis
• Natural History:
3. Development of acute disease in 1st decade of life
4. Continues with slow progression
5. Becomes inactive in 2nd decade
6. Sequelae occurs after 20 years of disease
7. Peak incidence of blindness in 4th or 5th decade
CLINICAL PROFILE
50.
• Without secondarybacterial infection:
1. Minimal or asymtomatic
2. Mild FB sensation
3. Occasional lacrimation
4. Stickiness of lids
5. Scanty mucoid discharge
• With secondary bact infection:
All typical symptoms of acute bacterial conjunctivitis
SYMPTOMS
CONJUNCTIVAL FOLLICLES:
• BOILEDSAGO-GRAINS LIKE APPEARANCE
1. UPPER TARSAL CONJUNCTIVA
2. ALSO ON BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA ALSO (PATHOGNOMONIC OF TRACHOMA )
• CENTRAL PART MONONUCLEAR HISTIOCYTES,+ FEW LYMPHOCYTES AND LARGE
MULTINUCLEATED CELLS ( LEBER CELLS).
• THE CORTICAL PART A ZONE OF LYMPHOCYTES SHOWING ACTIVE PROLIFERATION.
• BLOOD VESSELS ARE PRESENT IN THE MOST PERIPHERAL PART
• SIGNS OF NECROSIS +
55.
CONJUNCTIVAL PAPILLAE:
• REDDISHFLAT TOPPED RAISED AREAS
• GIVES RED VELVETY APPEARANCE TO TARSAL CONJUNCTIVA
• CENTRAL CORE OF NUMEROUS DILATED BLOOD VESSELS SURROUNDED BY
LYMPHOCYTES AND COVERED BY HYPERTROPHIC EPITHELIUM
Infiltration of cornea
isahead of
vascularization.
Vessels extend a short distance
beyond the area of infiltration.
Pannus formation
Infiltration of cornea + vascularization
Pannus
aggressive
Regressive
Herberts pits
ovalor circular brown pitted
scars, left after healing of Herbert
follicles in the limbal area
67.
McCallan’s Classification:
STAGE 1:Incipient Trachoma / stage of infiltration
• Hyperemia of conjunctiva & immature follicles
STAGE 2: Established Trachoma / stage of florid infiltration
• Mature follicles, papillae, progressive pannus
STAGE 3: Cicatrising Trachoma / stage of scarring
• Obvious scarring of palpebral conjunctiva
STAGE 4: Healed Trachoma / stage of sequelae
• Disease is cured
• Sequelae results in symptoms
71.
DIAGNOSIS
• CLINICAL:
• GRADINGTO BE DONE AS PER WHO CLASSIFICATION
• AT LEAST 2 SETS OF SIGNS SHOULD BE PRESENT:
1. CONJUNCTIVAL FOLLICLES AND PAPILLAE
2. PANNUS
3. EPITHELIAL KERATITIS NEAR SUPERIOR LIMBUS
4. SIGNS & SEQUELAE OF CICATRIZATION
72.
LABORATORY
• CONJUNCTIVAL CYTOLOGY POLYMORPHONUCLEAR REACTION WITH
PRESENCE OF PLASMA CELLS AND LEBER CELLS IN GEIMSA
• DETECTION OF INCLUSION BODIES GIEMSA STAIN, IODINE STAIN OR IF
STAINING
• ELISA FOR CHLAMYDIAL ANTIGENS
• PCR
• ISOLATION & SEROTYPING OF ORGANISM
73.
1. Trachoma withfollicular
hypertrophy
• follicles in trachoma upper palpebral
conjunctiva and fornix
• papillae and pannus+
• Laboratory diagnosis of trachoma
helps in differentiation.
2. Acute adenoviral follicular
conjunctivitis (epidemic
keratoconjunctivitis)
• follicles in EKC Lower palpebral
conjunctiva and fornix
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
74.
3. Trachoma withpredominant papillary
hypertrophy
• pH of tears in trachoma it is acidic,
• follicles and pannus+
• Conjunctival cytology and other
laboratory tests for trachoma usually help
in diagnosis.
4. palpebral form of spring
catarrh
• Papillae are large in spring
catarrh
• typical cobble-stone
arrangement in spring catarrh.
• pH of tears is usually
alkaline in spring catarrh
• Discharge is ropy in spring
catarrh
75.
MANAGEMENT:
• Treatment ofActive Trachoma:
1. Topical therapy:
1% tetracycline / 1% erythromycin eye ointment 4 times daily for 6 weeks
2. Systemic therapy:
Tetracycline / erythromycin 250mg QID orally for 4 weeks
Or Docycline 100mg BD orally for 4 weeks
Or single dose of Azithromycin orally
3. Combined therapy:
Preferred when severe disease
Or associated genital infection is present.
76.
• MANAGEMENT:
1. Treatmentof Sequelae:
•Removal of concretions
• Epilation / electrolysis of trichasis
• Surgical correction of entropion
• Lubricating drops for xerosis
2. Prophylaxis:
• Hygiene measures
• Early treatment of conjunctivitis
• Blanket antibiotic therapy in endemic areas:
• 1 % tetracycline ointment BD for 5 days in a month for 6
months
77.
MANAGEMENT
• SAFE Strategyfor Trachoma Blindness:
• Surgery to correct eyelid deformity & prevent blindness
• Antibiotics for acute infections & community control
• Facial Hygiene
• Environmental changes
78.
ADULT INCLUSION CONJUNCTIVITIS
•ACUTE FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS ASSOCIATED WITH MUCOPURULENT DISCHARGE.
SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG ADULTS.
• ETIOLOGY
CAUSED BY D TO K OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.
• SOURCE OF INFECTION URETHRITIS IN MALES AND CERVICITIS IN FEMALES.
• THE TRANSMISSION CONTAMINATED FINGERS OR MORE
CONTAMINATED WATER OF SWIMMING POOLS (SWIMMING
POOL CONJUNCTIVITIS)
79.
Incubation Period:
• 4-12days
• Symptoms:
• Ocular discomfort, foreign body sensation
• Mild photophobia
• Mucopurulent discharge from the eyes
• Signs:
• Conjunctival hyperaemia, marked in fornices.
• Acute follicular hypertrophy predominantly of lower palpebral conjunctiva
• Superficial keratitis in upper half
• Superior micropannus occasionally
• Pre-auricular lymphadenopathy
80.
• Treatment:
• Topicaltherapy
Tetracycline 1 % eye ointment QID for 6 weeks
• Systemic therapy:
1. • Very important
2. • Tetracycline 250 mg four times a day for 3-4 weeks.
3. • Erythromycin 250 mg four times a day for 3-4 weeks
4. • Doxycycline 100 mg twice a day for 1-2 weeks 200
mg weekly for 3 weeks
5. • Azithromycin 1 gm as a single dose
ACUTE SEROUS CONJUNCTIVITIS
•ETIOLOGY
MILD GRADE FEVER INFECTION WHICH DOES NOT GIVE A FOLLICULAR RESPONSE
• CLINICAL FEATURES :
MINIMAL CONGESTION, WATERY DISCHARGE + BOGGY SWELLING OF CONJUNCTIVA
MUCOSA
• TREATMENT:
SELF LIMITING
TO PREVENT SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTION , BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC 3 TIMES A DAY
FOR A WEEK
84.
ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS
•ALSO KNOWN AS APOLLO CONJUNCTIVITIS
• MULTIPLE CONJUNCTICAL HEMORRHAGES , CONJUNCTICAL HYPERAEMIA AND MILD
FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA
• ETIOLOGY :
PICORNAVIRUS (ENTEROVIRUS TYPE 70 )
TRANSMITTED BY DIRECT HAND TO EYE CONTACT.
85.
CLINICAL PICTURE
• INCUBATIONPERIOD : 1-2 DAYS
• SYMPTOMS :
PAIN , REDNESS, WATERING , MILD PHOTOPHOBIA , TRANSIENT BLURRING OF VISION AND LID
SWELLING
• SIGNS :
CONJUNCTIVAL CONGESTION , CHEMOSIS , MULTIPLE HEMORRHAGES IN BULBAR
CONJUNCTIVA , MILD FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA , LID EDEMA AND PRE AURICULAR
LYMPHADENOPATHY
CORNEAL INVOLVEMENT : FINE EPITHELIAL KERATITIS
86.
TREATMENT
• SELF LIMITINGCOURSE OF 5-7 DAYS
• NO SPECIFIC EFFECTIVE CURATIVE TREATMENT KNOWN .
• BROAD SPECTRUM EYEDROPS TO PREVENT SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.
FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
• FOLLCLESARE TINY WHITE TRANSLUCENT WHITE ROUND SWELLINGS 1-2 MM IN DIAMETER
THAT RESEMBLE SAGOGRAINS
• LOCALISED AGGREGATION OF LYMPHOCYTES IN THE ADENOID LAYER OF CONJUNCTIVA .
89.
TYPES OF FOLLICULARCONJUNCTIVITIS
• ACUTE FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
• CHRONIC FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
• SPECIFIC TYPE OF CONJUNCTIVITIS WITH FOLLICLE FORMATION EX: TRACHOMA
90.
ACUTE FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
•AN ACUTE CATARRHAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
• ASSOC WITH MARKED FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA ESPECIALLY IN LOWER FORNIX AND LOWER
PALPEBRAL CONJUNCTIVA
• SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS :
1. REDNESS, WATERING, MILD MUCOID DISCHARGE
2. MILD PHOTOPHOBIA AND FEELING OF DISCOMFORT
3. FOREIGN BODY SENSATION
• SIGNS :
1. CONJUNCTIVAL HYPERAEMIA
2. MULTIPLE FOLLICLES FOUND MORE IN LOWER LID THAN UPPER LID
EPIDEMIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
• ACUTEFOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS ALONG WITH SUPERFICIAL PUNCTATE KERATITIS
• AS EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS
• ETIOLOGY
1. ADENOVIRUS TYPE 8 AND 19
2. SPREADS THROUGH CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED FINGERS SOLUTIONS AND
TONOMETER
3. INCUBATION PERIOD IS 8 DAYS AND VIRUS IS SHED FOR 2-3 WEEKS
PHARYNGOCONJUNCTIVAL FEVER
• ETIOLOGY:
ADENOVIRUS SUBTYPE 3 AND 7
• CLINICAL PICTURE :
1. ACUTE FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
2. PHARYNGITIS
3. FEVER AND PREAURICULAR LYMPHADENOPATHY
4. SUPERFICIAL PUNCTATE KERATITIS SEEN IN 30%
• TREATMENT : SUPPORTIVE
96.
ACUTE HERPETIC CONJUNCTIVITS
•ASSOC WITH PRIMARY HERPETIC INFECTION
• MAINLY SEEN IN SMALL CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
• ETIOLOGY :
1. HSV TYPE 1 SPREADS BY KISSING OR OTHER CLOSE PERSONAL CONTACTS
2. HSV TYPE 2 (RARE)
3. USUALLY UNILATERAL
• INCUBATION PERIOD 3 – 10 DAYS
97.
CLINICAL PICTURE
• CANBE EITHER TYPICA OR ATYPICAL
• PREAURICULAR LN +
• CORNEAL INVOLVEMENT +
98.
CHRONIC FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS
•MILD CATARRHAL TYPE WITH FOLLICLES PREDOMINANTLY IN LOWER PALPEBRAL CONJUNCTIVA
• ETIOLOGY :
1. INFECTIVE (BENIGN FOLLICULOSIS)
2. TOXIC : DUE TO CELLULAR DEBRIS IN MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
3. CHEMICAL : PROLONGED USE OF PILOCARPINE, IDU , ADRENALINE
4. ALLERGIC (LESS COMMON)
99.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
• BILATERALINFLAMMATION OF CONJUNCTIVA OCCURRING IN AN INFANT (<30 DAYS OLD)
• ANY DISCHARGE OR EVEN WATER FROM EYE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF LIFE OPHTHALMIA
NEONATORUM ! AS TEARS ARE NOT FORMED TILL THEN.
• SOURCE OF INFECTION:
1. BEFORE BIRTH – INFECTED AMNIOTIC LIQUOR IN RUTPTURED MEMBRANE
2. DURING BIRTH- INFECTED BIRTH CANAL (FACE PRESENTATION , FORCEPS DELIVERY)
3. AFTER BIRTH DURING FIRST BATH OF NEWBORN FROM SOILED CLOTHES/FINGERS WITH
WITH INFECTED LOCHIA
100.
CAUSATIVE ORGANISM
• HERPESSIMPLEX OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (HSV 2) (INCUBATION PERIOD – 5 -7 DAYS)
• CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS SILVER NITRATE (IP : 4-6 HRS)
• GONOCOCCAL (2-4 DAYS)
• OTHER BACTERIAL STAPH AUREUS , STREPTOCOCCUS HEMOLYTICUS , STREPTOCOCCUS
PNEUMONIAE (IP : 4-6 DAYS)
• NEONATAL INCLUSION CONJUNCTIVITIS : SEROTYPES D TO K OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
(IP : 5-7 DAYS)
PROPHYLAXIS
• ANTENATAL :TREATMENT OF GENITAL INFECTION OF MOTHER
• NATAL : DELIVERY UNDER ASEPTIC CONDITIONS AND NEWBORN EYELIDS SHOULD BE WELL
CLEANED
• POST NATAL : 1% TETRACYCLINE /0.5% ERYTHROMYCIN OINTMENT
• 1% SILVER NIRTRATE SOLUTION (CREDE’S METHOD)
• SINGLE INJECTION OF CEFTRIAXONE 50 MG/KG IM/IV
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TREATMENT
1. GONOCOCCAL :
A.TOPICAL –
• SALINE LAVAGE
• BACITRACIN OINTMENT QID, PENICILLIN DROPS 5K – 10K UNITS PER ML PER MIN FOR 30MINS F/B ONCE
IN EVERY 5 MINS FOR 30 MINS F/B EVERY 30 MINS ONCE TILL INFECTION IS CONTROLLED
• ATROPINE OINT IF CORNEA IS INVOLVED
B. SYSTEMIC –
• CEFTRIAXONE 75 - 100 MG/KG/DAY IV/IM QID
• CEFOTAXIME 100-150 MG/KG/DAY IV/IM BD
• IF GONOCOCCAL : CRYSTALLINE BENZYL PENICILLIN G 50K UNITS FOR FULL TERM BABIES IM BD X 3 DAYS
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2. OTHER BACTERIALINFECTION :
• BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTIC DROPS / OINTMENT X 2 WEEKS
• NEONATAL INCLUSION CONJUNCTIVITIS
• TOPICAL TETRACYCLINE / ERYTHROMYCIN 125 MG QID X 3 DAYS
• HERPES SIMPLEX : TOPICAL ANTIVIRALS
Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome
1.Unilateral granulomatous conjunctivitis (nodular elevations
surrounded by follicles),
2. Preauricular lymphadenopathy, and
3. Fever.
4. Causes tularaemia, cat-scratch disease, tuberculosis,
syphilis and lymphogranuloma venereum
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OPHTHALMIA NODOSA
(CATERPILLAR HAIRCONJUNCTIVITIS)
• GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA
FORMATION OF A NODULE ON THE BULBAR CONJUNCTIVA IN RESPONSE TO IRRITATION
CAUSED BY THE RETAINED HAIR OF CATERPILLAR.
• HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
HAIR SURROUNDED BY GIANT CELLS AND LYMPHOCYTES.
• TREATMENT
EXCISION BIOPSY OF THE NODULE