The itching, burning eye: Diagnostic algorithm and management options

Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 157-167

  Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Basti, Surendra ^b   Lin, Amy ^b   Iyer, Geetha K ^c   Seethalakshmi, G ^c   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sankara Nethralaya ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Burning; Itching; Ocular surface disease; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EYE DROPS; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PILOCARPINE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANAMNESIS; CANALICULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS MEDICAMENTOSA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE BURN; EYE DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LACRIMATION DISORDER; MUCUS FISHING SYNDROME; OCULAR PRURITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SUPERIOR LIMBIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ALGORITHMS; BLEPHARITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749038679     PISSN: 15277313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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