<unk>  by definition presents during the first month of life. Signs and symptoms include: * Pain and tenderness in the eyeball * Conjunctival discharge: purulent, mucoid or mucopurulent (depending on the cause) * Conjunctival hyperaemia and chemosis, usually also with swelling of the eyelids * Corneal involvement (rare) may occur in herpes simplex ophthalmia neonatorum Time of onset Chemical causes: Right after delivery Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Delivery of the baby until 5 days after birth (early onset) Chlamydia trachomatis: 5 days after birth to 2 weeks (late onset – C. trachomatis has a longer incubation period) Complications Untreated cases may develop corneal ulceration, which may perforate, resulting in corneal opacification and staphyloma formation.
Neonatal conjunctivitis
Neonatal herpes simplex
Neonatal meningitis
Neonatal jaundice
Neonatal lupus erythematosus
Omphalitis of newborn
Hydrops fetalis
Neonatal hepatitis