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YOU ARE APPROACHED by a man in his 30s who asks for “some of those bacterial eye drops you get from a pharmacist”. You ask him what symptoms he has, and he says he has really red, sore, itchy eyes that water all the time, and he’s been sneezing a bit lately.
One of the most challenging areas to navigate if you are new to working in a pharmacy is arguably the shelves dedicated to eye conditions – rows upon
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- Cleveland Clinic. Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis). August 2022.
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- Mayo Clinic. Subconjunctival hemorrhage (broken blood vessel in eye). September 2021.
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- Panesar K. Managing common eye conditions in the pharmacy. US Pharm 2010;35(4):42–46.
- Mohammad Alrawashdeh H, Al Zubi K, Abdulmannan DM, et al. Conjunctivitis as the only sign and symptom of COVID-19: A case report and review of literature. Qatar Med J 2021;2021(2):31.
- Upper Hutt Health Centre. Viral conjunctivitis in the community. August 2022.
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