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Swimming Pool Conjunctivitis
GENERAL
Definition of swimming pool conjuntivitis: A virual infection of the eye caused by swimming either in natural water e.g. rivers or in swimming pools that are not properly cleaned.
OCULAR SIDE EFFECTS & SYMPTOMS
- VISION... photophobia
- LID... swelling, hyperemia
- CONJUN... edema, follicular conjunctivitis, oculoglandular conjunctivitis, ophthalmia neonatorum
- CORNEA... superficial keratitis
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