[18 - Red and Painful Eye](x-devonthink-item://A6669DCE-EFD0-4A5D-8E25-80B0E7B7FDBF)
see: [[Eye infections#Red eye|Eye infections -- red eye]]
> [!warning] serious findings
> - severe ocular pain
> - persistently blurred vision
> - exopthalmosis (proptosis)
> - reduced ocular light reflection
> - corneal epithealh defect or opacity
> - limbal injection (ciliary flush)
> - pupil unreactive to direct light stimulus
causes:
- corneal foreign body
- [[Eye infections#Corneal ulcers]] / [[Eye infections#keratitis]]
- intraocular inflammation ([[Eye infections#Iritis / uveitis / choroiditis|uveitis]])
- ciliary flush, cells/flare in anterior chamber, consensual photophobia
- causes: inflammatory (sarcoid, seronegative arthritis), [[Inflammatory Bowel Disease]], traumatic, infectious (syphilis, CMV, HSV, bartonella, [[Brucellosis]], drug-induced
- [[Glaucoma|acute glaucoma]]
- [[Eye infections#Episcleritis|episcleritis]]
**Paeds Dx flowchart for red eye in paediatrics:**
![[Pasted image 20241108202756.png]]