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Differential diagnosis of acute ocular pain: Teleophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic - A perspective.

ABSTRACT: Ocular pain is a common complaint which forces the patient to seek immediate medical attention. It is the primeval first response of the body to any severe condition of the eye such as trauma, infections and inflammation. The pain can be due to conditions directly affecting the eye and ocular adnexa; or indirect which would manifest as referred pain from other organ structures such as the central nervous system. Paradoxically, there are several minor and non-sight threatening conditions, which also leads to ocular pain and does not merit urgent hospital visits. In this perspective, we intend to provide guidelines to the practising ophthalmologist for teleconsultation when a patient complains of pain with focus on how to differentiate the various diagnoses that can be managed over teleconsultation and those requiring emergency care in the clinic. These guidelines can decrease unnecessary hospital visits, which is the need of the hour in the pandemic era and also beyond. Patients who are under quarantine and those who are unable to travel would be benefitted, and at the same time, the burden of increased patient load in busy hospital systems can be reduced.

SUBMITTER: Murthy SI

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574141 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential diagnosis of acute ocular pain: Teleophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic - A perspective.

Murthy Somasheila I SI Das Sujata S Deshpande Parul P Kaushik Sushmita S Dave Tarjani Vivek TV Agashe Prachi P Goel Nupur N Soni Anuj A

Indian journal of ophthalmology 20200701 7

Ocular pain is a common complaint which forces the patient to seek immediate medical attention. It is the primeval first response of the body to any severe condition of the eye such as trauma, infections and inflammation. The pain can be due to conditions directly affecting the eye and ocular adnexa; or indirect which would manifest as referred pain from other organ structures such as the central nervous system. Paradoxically, there are several minor and non-sight threatening conditions, which a ...[more]

PMID: 32587167

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Differential diagnosis of acute ocular pain: Teleophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic - A perspective.

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Differential diagnosis of acute ocular pain: Teleophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic - A perspective.

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