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Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis) is a medical disorder that produces inflammation of the conjunctiva (the white of the eye and inner lining of eyelids).

It is one of the most frequent and treatable eye infections in children and adults.
Eye redness is most often the result of swollen or dilated blood vessels.
This causes the surface of the eye look red or bloodshot.
There are many reasons of a red eye or eyes.
Some (such as glaucoma) are medical emergencies and some are a cause for worry, but not an emergency.
Causes:
1. Infectious
a. Bacteria
b. Viruses
2. Noninfectious.
a. Allergic conjunctivitis (caused by an allergic reaction)
b. Irritant conjunctivitis (caused by anything that irritates the eyes), such as irritating substances (shampoos, dirt, haze particles, smoke, and particularly pool chlorine).
Treatment is by:
1. Protect the eyes from dirt and other irritating substances.
2. Do not use contact lenses, if the patient wears them.
3. Place cold compresses on the eyes.
4. Wash the face and eyelids with mild soap or baby shampoo and rinse with water to remove irritating substances.
5. Do not rub the eyes with hands that are not washed.
6. Do not use the same bottle of drops in the other eye if it is not infected.
Bacterial conjunctivitis is normally treated with prescription antibiotic drops or ointment.

In March this year, my second grand-daughter was helping her friend in school to apply some eye drops for her mild conjunctivitis.
After school she came as usual to my house to play with her cousin (9 months old baby from my second daughter).
She later in the afternoon felt uncomfortable in the eyes and asked me to take a look at her eyes to see whether she had conjunctivitis.
She did have dilated blood vessels in the conjunctiva or the white of the eyes on both sides.
I gave her some eye drops to apply to her eyes and to rest her eyes.
The next day she woke up with painful eyes and yellow discharge.
The redness of her eyes was getting worse.
Her school friend with the “mild” conjunctivitis did not go to school because her eyes were getting worse and after seeing her eye specialist was told that she had severe adenovirus infection.
She was told to rest at home and applied more eye drops.
My grand daughter was also getting worse with painful sticky eyes and blurred vision.
As my eyes too were feeling uncomfortable and red, I told her mother (my eldest daughter) to bring her to see an eye specialist.
The eye specialist found some mucopurulent filaments stuck to her cornea which was giving her pain and removed them after applying some anesthetic eye drops.
This was not the end of the story.
The cousin (8 month old baby) then had conjunctivitis, followed by my eldest daughter and then my eldest grand daughter.
After that my wife had the conjunctivitis, followed by my second daughter (the baby’s mother) and her husband.
Each of us took about 1 week to recover from the conjunctivitis.
All the eye specialists that we consulted suspected the cause was a fast spreading aggressive adenovirus which was particularly hard to treat and took a week or more to resolve.
Luckily none of us had any severe complications or residual blurring of vision.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis)
Chapter 2 Cause
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Chapter 8 Blepharitis
Epilogue

LanguageEnglish
PublisherKenneth Kee
Release dateOct 3, 2016
ISBN9781370216024
Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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    Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

    Red Eyes

    (Conjunctivitis),

    A

    Simple

    Guide

    To

    The Condition,

    Diagnosis,

    Treatment

    And

    Related Conditions

    By

    Dr Kenneth Kee

    M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

    Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

    Copyright Kenneth Kee 2016 Smashwords Edition

    Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

    Dedication

    This book is dedicated

    To my wife Dorothy

    And my children

    Carolyn, Grace

    And Kelvin

    This book describes the disease Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis), Diagnosis, Treatments and Related Diseases or in vernacular terms

    (What You Need to treat Red Eyes or Conjunctivitis)

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    Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    Introduction

    I have been writing medical articles for my blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Condition) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

    My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

    Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

    I then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

    This autobiolographical account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

    From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 700 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks.

    Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

    For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

    The later books go into more details of medical conditions.

    The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

    Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

    As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a condition or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

    Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

    I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

    I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

    I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

    Chapter 1

    Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis)

    Red Eyes (Conjunctivitis) from Wikipedia

    In March this year, my second grand-daughter was helping her friend in school to apply some eye drops for her mild conjunctivitis.

    After school she came as usual to my house to play with her cousin (9 months old baby from my second

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