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Encyclopedia > Ophthalmia

Ophthalmia means inflammation of the eye. It is also referred to as Ophthalmitis.


Specific medical conditions exist that exhibit opthalmia. These include:

  • Sympathetic ophthalmia -inflammation of both eyes following trauma to one eye
  • Ophthalmia neonatorum - a form of bacterial conjunctivitis
  • Actinic Conjunctivitis - inflamation resulting from prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences 2003;2:2 (2099 words)
Clinical presentations of ophthalmia neonatorum are not diagnostic of the cause, and microbiologic work-up with cytology, cultures and microbial sensitivities is mandatory.
Since gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum poses the greatest threat to a child’s vision, it is generally believed that the principal goal of ocular prophylaxis should be the prevention of the disease.(15,36) The susceptibility of the organisms implicated to four antibiotics was carried out.
An uncommon cause of ophthalmia neonatorum: Neisseria Meningitides.
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