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Classroom classification

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Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

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Common symptoms

咽部充血、点状出血、咽痛、上睑黄白色小点、视力障碍、流泪、结膜充血、畏寒

The pathology of disease

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis; highly contagious; red eye; subepithelial infiltrates; preauricular lymph node; lasts weeks.

Symptoms

Red eye; foreign body sensation; watery discharge; preauricular node; subepithelial corneal infiltrates; lasts weeks; contagious

Causes

Human adenovirus (types 8, 19, 37); highly contagious.

Treatment

Supportive; lubricants; topical steroids for severe photophobia; hygiene; isolate

Dept

Ophthalmology.

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