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Jan 26, 2024 · Conjunctivitis is a common eye condition that is treatable and typically benign. The duration of symptoms varies depending on the type of conjunctivitis. Viral conjunctivitis usually worsens for about 4 or 5 days before improving over the next 1 to 2 weeks, with a total duration of 2 to 3 weeks.
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Conjunctivitis epidemics are common worldwide, afflicting people across age and socio-economic strata (Figure 1A). In the USA, conjunctivitis epidemics occur sporadically spatiotemporally. Non-US epidemics are often larger, with predictable patterns of seasonal outbreaks.1 The aetiologic pathogen for conjunctivitis is not typically identified. Freq...
Prior to our survey, for background and comparison to known prior outbreak patterns, we mapped (Figure 1A) locations and aetiologies of reported conjunctivitis outbreaks from 2012 to 2017 as reported by PubMed, ProMED and other online news releases2(R packages ggplot, ggmap; R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). We then performe...
A total of 155 survey responses were collected for analysis, representing a response rate of 7.9%. Locations of respondents are shown in Figure 1B–D, grouped by Global Burden of Disease (GBD) region.4 Of the 21 GBD regions, responses from 16 were represented in this report (Figure 1B–D). Regional conjunctivitis epidemics were reported by 51% of res...
This study was conducted to determine if there is a global consensus among those who study and treat conjunctivitis epidemics. Experts confirmed that global conjunctivitis epidemics are prevalent and suspected aetiologies are largely unknown or variable. When specific aetiologies were indicated, experts did not exclusively attribute conjunctivitis ...
GS, TL, SM, TP, TD and MD conceived of the study. GS, TL, TD and MD designed and administered the survey. GK, GS, TL, TP, TD and MD performed the statistical analysis and interpretation of the survey data collected. GK, GS, TP and MD drafted and critically revised the manuscript for intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manu...
This work was made possible in part by the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award (to TD), R01EY032041 (to TD), R01EY024608 (to TL), EY002162 Core Grant for Vision Research (to EU) and by a Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant (to SDM).
The research and preparation of this manuscript were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of California, San Francisco.
Apr 29, 2023 · This review covers essential information for the primary care pediatric provider as they assess cases of conjunctivitis. Keywords: pediatric conjunctivitis, pink eye, pediatric ophthalmology. Go to: Conjunctivitis, commonly called “pink eye”, refers to inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva.
Jul 29, 2020 · Effective management of conjunctivitis includes timely diagnosis, appropriate differentiation of the various etiologies, and appropriate treatment.
Aug 19, 2021 · Article PDF Available. Keeping an eye on pink eye: a global conjunctivitis outbreak expert survey. August 2021. International Health 14 (1) DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihab049. License. CC BY...
Aug 29, 2021 · CPGs published on non-infectious and infectious conjunctivitis between 2010 and March 2020 were reviewed, evaluated, and selected using nine items from the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II tool (4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 22 and 23).
