acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

Term ID

DOID:11227

Synonyms

• Apollo disease
• Epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
• viral conjunctivitis

Definition

A viral infectious disease that results in inflammation located in conjunctiva, has_material_basis_in Human coxsackievirus A24 or has_material_basis_in Human enterovirus 70, which are transmitted by contaminated fomites or transmitted by contact with contaminated hands. The infection has symptom vascular dilation, has symptom eyelid edema, has symptom photophobia, has symptom redness of the eyes, has symptom watering of the eye, has symptom conjunctival congestion, and has symptom superficial punctate epithelial keratitis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_hemorrhagic_conjunctivitis

References

• ICD9CM:077.4
• MESH:D003232
• NCI:C34505
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:186677009
• UMLS_CUI:C0009765

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:11227 )