How to manage adenoviral conjunctivitis

By: Tammy Than, MS, OD, FAAO; Andrew Hardwick, OD, PhD, FAAO; Ellen Shorter, OD, FAAO; Spencer Johnson, OD; Blair Lonsberry, OD, MS, Med, FAAO; Mae Gordon, PhD; and Thomas Freddo, OD, PhD, FAAO.

With millions of viewers tuning in to cheer on the U.S. athletes at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, it was hard not to notice something was wrong with NBC anchor Bob Costas. Optometrists across the country watched Costas's case of unilateral conjunctivitis worsen, becoming bilateral. Why aren't more patients correctly diagnosed with adenoviral conjunctivitis and treated with Betadine? » More