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A painful red eye. Australian family physician [Aust Fam Physician] Journal article

 
Sharma NS, Ooi JL, Li MZ 
A painful red eye. [Journal Article]
Aust Fam Physician 2009 Oct; 38(10):805-7.


A man, 75 years of age, presents with a red, painful, watery right eye of 1 week duration. He describes photophobia but says his vision is not reduced or blurry. He was seen at another clinic after 2 days of symptoms and was prescribed topical chloramphenicol antibiotic eye drops. Despite using the eye drops for 5 days, there has been no improvement in his symptoms. The man has no significant ocular past history.



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