A 25-year-old male factory worker presented with pain, redness, and purulent discharge from both eyes, but reported normal vision. Examination showed circumciliary congestion and periocular lid edema, with conjunctival swabs taken for gram staining and culture sensitivity. Treatment included topical eye drops, analgesics, and advice to minimize social contact for 5 days.

1. A Man with Red Eyes
Dr. Khulood
Dr. Sara
Dr. Syed Ali Raza
Dr. Sehar
DR. Syed Abdullah Mazhar

2. • Title: Red Eye
• Discipline: Anatomy, physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology and
Ophthalmology
• Vetting: curriculum committee

3. Trigger 1
• 25 years old male factory worker presented in OPD with complaint of
pain, redness and purulent discharge from both eyes for last 3 days.
He reported that his vision is normal.

4. Discussion points
• Clarify any terms you don’t understand
• List keywords
• Identify the problem
• For each complaint discuss the possible explanations
• Identify your learning issues
• List any further information you required to complete understanding
of the issue

5. Keywords
• Purulent
• Redness of eye
• Factory worker

6. • Anatomy of eye
• Pathways of pain
• Causes of redness

7. Trigger 2
• His examination revealed circum ciliary congestion and periocular lid
edema. His conjunctival swab was taken for gram staining and culture
sensitivity

8. Discussion points
• Clarify any terms you don’t understand
• List keywords
• Identify the problem
• For each complaint discuss the possible explanations
• Identify your learning issues
• List any further information you required to complete understanding
of the issue

9. • Pathophysiology of edema
• Circum ciliary congestion
• Staining and culture sensitivity

10. Trigger 3
• The patient was given topical eye drops and analgesics. He was
advised to minimize social contact and rest for 5 days.

11. • Fluoroquinolones and macrolides
• Analgesics
• Lubricants

12. References
• Kanski’s clinical ophthalmology
• Guyton physiology
• Robin pathology