Chapter 5: Conjunctiva Authors: Conjunctiva I. CONJUNCTIVITIS Inflammation of the conjunctiva (conjunctivitis) is the most common eye disease worldwide. It varies in severity from a mild hyperemia with tearing to a severe conjunctivitis with copious purulent discharge. The cause is usually exogenous, but rarely it may be endogenous. Page 1 of 14 10.1036/1535-8860.ch5 |