Definition & Etiology
Definition
Inflammation of the conjunctiva
Prevalence
The most common eye condition worldwide
Etiology
- Infective: bacterial (more common in children, consider ophthalmia neonatorum in neonates
<28 days old), viral (more common in adults), parasitic
- Non-infective: inflammatory, trauma, neoplastic, irritant, allergic (covered in ALLERGY section)