Dear Dr. my wife has got red eyes all of a sudden...

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Regarding what you mentioned

, as a temporary measure we advise you to keep the eye clean and you can use analgesic medication such as paracetmol in order to relieve the associated pain.

What is the exact cause of your case ?

There are some causes which may lead to the development of those symptoms such as

• This may be due to allergic reaction.
• This may be due to bacterial infection of the eye.
• This may be due to glaucoma or elevation of the pressure inside the eye.
• This may be due to history of trauma to the eye.

What the exact cause of this case ?

Without doing  a full clinical evaluation of the case we cannot determine the exact cause of this case.

What should you do ?

You have to visit your ophthalmologist doctor so that the doctor could detect the exact cause of this case then he will treat it accordingly such as prescription of antibiotic drops  in the case of bacterial infection.
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