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the bulbar region involving limbus with cobblestones
c. Scleritis or episcleritis: Redness in h. Haemorrhage: Diffused redness
the bulbar region slightly away from seen below the conjunctival layer
limbus (figure 8)
i. Hypopyon: Redness in aqueous
d. Pterygium: Redness in the bulbar
region involving limbus and the humor
corneal area j. Blepharitis, chalazion, and stye:
e. Iridocyclitis or glaucoma or ocular Redness in the eyelid margin
trauma: Redness in the iris
2 Ocular discharge
3 OCULAR TRAUMA: Trauma to the f. Pinguecula or pterygium: Redness
eye might lead to sub-conjunctival in the nasal or temporal region of a. Viral and allergic conjunctivitis:
bleeding also known as sub- the bulbar conjunctiva Clear
conjunctival haemorrhage (figure
9). Chemical injuries like the splash g. Overuse of contact lenses: b. Bacterial conjunctivitis: Purulent
of household cleaning solution Redness in upper tarsal conjunctiva and sticky discharge
invariably lead to severe red-eye and
such patients should be referred to
an ophthalmologist on an urgent
basis. Often, blunt injuries to the
eyes such as sports injury can lead to
red-eye.
4 OCULAR DISEASES: like angle-
closure glaucoma, end-stage
glaucoma (figure 10), etc. also lead
to red-eye.

5 SYSTEMIC DISEASES: like
uncontrolled diabetes, high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, heart and
blood vessel diseases, arthritis, etc.
also lead to a red-eye condition.
6 DRUG-INDUCED: drug intoxication
like alcohol consumption also leads
to red-eye. Certain neurological
conditions may also end up in
red-eye.
THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH RED
EYES:

1 Red eye
a. Bacterial and viral conjunctivitis:
Redness in the bulbar, forniceal,
and palpebral conjunctiva involving
the limbus

b. Allergic conjunctivitis: Redness in

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