Also known as Itchy eye
Itchiness of eye is encountered rarely on Symcat. We will add more content to this page if enough people like you show interest.
The most common causes of itchiness of eye are conjunctivitis, seasonal allergies (hay fever), and conjunctivitis due to allergy. Other possible causes, such as allergy, are more rare.
Within all the people who go to their doctor with itchiness of eye, 79% report having eye redness, 58% report having lacrimation, and 51% report having nasal congestion.
Patients with itchiness of eye often receive other diagnostic procedures (interview; evaluation; consultation), ophthalmic examination and evaluation, other therapeutic procedures on eyelids; conjunctiva; cornea, other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue, ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment, lens and cataract procedures, referral to home health care service and diagnostic procedures on eye .
|Other diagnostic procedures (interview; evaluation; consultation)||$101|
|Ophthalmic examination and evaluation (Eye exam)|
|Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids; conjunctiva; cornea||$962|
|Other diagnostic procedures on skin and subcutaneous tissue||$133|
|Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment||$64|
|Lens and cataract procedures||$1016|
|Referral to home health care service|
|Diagnostic procedures on eye||$114|
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with itchiness of eye include olopatadine ophthalmic, erythromycin, sodium sulfacetamide ophthalmic, gentamicin ophthalmic, tropicamide ophthalmic, phenylephrine (duramax), ketotifen ophthalmic, dexamethasone-tobramycin ophthalmic, erythromycin ophthalmic, tobramycin (tobi), naphazoline ophthalmic, azelastine ophthalmic and ciprofloxacin ophthalmic .
|Sodium Sulfacetamide Ophthalmic|
Groups of people at highest risk for itchiness of eye include race/ethnicity = other age 5-14 years.