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  #1

differential diagnosis?

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  #2

painful red eye:

trauma
infection(bacterial, viral)
allergic
close angle glaucoma
acute iridociclitis
subconunctival hemorrhage

  #3

You can broadly divide them into two groups.

A:Those conditions in which anterior structure of eye ball are inflammed
  1. cornea = keratitis sclera
      scleritis episcleritis
    uveal tract : Anterior uveitis

B:Those conditions in which IOP is increased

--Closed angle glaucoma

Remember conjunctivitis is never painful


  #4

-conjunctivitis
-corneal disorders
-acute glaucoma
-acute uveitis
-corneal trauma or infection
-erythma of eye lids

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  #5

nodnodgood job all.

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