23rd February 2024

A 47-year-old man presents to the GP with a 4-day history of right sided eye pain, itchiness, redness and purulent discharge.

A 47-year-old man presents to the GP with a 4-day history of right sided eye itchiness, redness and purulent discharge causing his eyelids to stick together in the morning. He is a regular contact lens user and reports that he usually washes his lenses in tap water. The GP advises he avoid using lenses whilst his condition resolves and prescribes an antibiotics eye drop. Prescribe one antibiotic that should be administered topically to treat this patient’s condition.