The Diagnosis of Conjunctivitis.

Park, Byung Il

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(3):261-266.
Published online March 1, 1979.

The Diagnosis of Conjunctivitis.

Byung Il Park

Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University, Medical School, Kvvangju, Korea.

심포지움 : 결막염의 진단

박병일 ( Byung Il Park )

Abstract

The diagnosis of existence of conjunctivitis with its cardinal symptoms of hyperemia and disch arge is easy, but the differential diagnosis of the types of inflanimation frequently presents problems of considerable difficulty. Their solution depends on a careful and systemic clinical survey, reinforced by bacteriological and cytological investigation. So, the diagnosis of conjunctivitis is based on the followings: 1. History and clinical examination. 2. Gram and Wright gtains of conjunctival discharge and scrapings. 3. Culture of conjunctival discharge and scrapings. 4. Biopsy of the conjunctiva.