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Parinaud's syndrome   

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Alternative names:

Oculoglandular syndrome

Definition:

An eye problem like conjunctivitis that usually affects only one eye and which is accompanied by nearby swollen lymph nodes and an illness with a fever.

Causes and Risks

Many different infections can cause Parinaud's syndrome, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. The most common causes are tularemia (rabbit fever) and cat-scratch fever. Tularemia can infect the eye either by direct inoculation of the bacteria into the eye (by a finger or other object) or via aerosolization of the bacteria into the air, which then land on the eye. Other infectious diseases can spread both by these mechanisms and also through the bloodstream to the eye.

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