Research Article

The Study of Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Eye-Related Chief Complaints at the Emergency Department of Thammasat University Hospital

Table 5

Diagnosis of nontraumatic eye disease classified by the chief complaint.

Chief complaintDiagnosis

Eye pain (55%)Corneal ulcer, lid inflammation, acute glaucoma, conjunctivitis, preseptal cellulitis, uveitis, endophthalmitis, and cavernous sinus thrombosis
Swollen eye (14%)Allergic conjunctivitis, lid inflammation, orbital cellulitis, and preseptal cellulitis
Itching eye (9%)Allergic conjunctivitis and lid inflammation
Red eye (8%)Subconjunctival hemorrhage, endophthalmitis, corneal ulcer, and conjunctivitis
Blurred vision (5%)Endophthalmitis, corneal ulcer, and cataract
Vision loss (4%)Acute glaucoma, central retinal artery occlusion, and central retinal vein occlusion
Bleeding in the eye (3%)Lid inflammation and postophthalmic surgical complication
Double vision (1%)Strabismus