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Patients often present to primary care physicians with acute or chronic red eyes. Benign conditions may be evaluated and treated by primary, care practitioners. Red eyes due to serious conditions may be vision threatening and require early detection and referral.
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Beaver, H.A., Lee, A.G. The management of the red eye for the generalist. Compr Ther 27, 218–227 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12019-001-0018-0
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