Conjunctivitis

Question 1

What are the key signs of allergic conjunctivitis?

Answer 1

🤝 Both eyes usually

🤯 INTENSE itching (biggest clue!)

💧 Watery/stringy discharge

🌿 History of allergies/atopy

Question 2

How do you recognise viral conjunctivitis?

Answer 2

👁️→👁️ Starts in one eye, spreads

💧 Watery discharge

🤧 Recent cold/flu symptoms

🔍 Preauricular lymph nodes

🦠 Often adenovirus

Question 3

What are the classic bacterial conjunctivitis features?

Answer 3

👁️ Usually starts in one eye

🟡 Thick yellow/green pus

😵‍💫 Eyelids stuck together in the morning

🚫 Not much itch, no viral symptoms

Question 4

What’s an easy way to remember allergic vs viral vs bacterial?

Answer 4

A — V — B → “A Very Bright clue!” ✨

A = Allergic → All/Allergy/Itchy

V = Viral → Viral cold

B = Bacterial → Bad pus