GPC
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GPC
Abbreviation for:G-protein-coupled
gastric parietal cell
General Practitioners Committee
glycerophosphocholine
gram-positive cocci
conjunctivitis
(kon-junk?ti-vit'is ) [ conjunctiva + -itis]Patient care
Viral, gonococcal, and chlamydial conjunctivitis are highly contagious diseases spread by person-to-person contact. When an infection is present, the patient experiences itching, tearing, burning, pain and a mucopurulent discharge, along with the feeling of a foreign body in the eye. The conjunctiva becomes hyperemic, thus the common name of “pinkeye.” To limit spread of the disease, patients with infectious conjunctivitis should avoid touching their eyes and should wash their hands thoroughly before and after any eye contact or treatment. If eye drops are prescribed, the patient is taught how to avoid contaminating the medication dispenser. To do this, without having the dropper tip touch the patient's eye, the patient's head should be placed backward with the eyes looking upward, and the drop or drops as prescribed placed into a pouch created by pulling downward on the lashes and tissues of the bottom eyelid. If an ophthalmic ointment is prescribed, the patient is taught to apply it to the inner aspect of the bottom eyelid in a thin ribbon, from the inner to the outer canthus. If the eye is difficult to open because of sticky discharge, the patient should rinse it with sterile saline or other ophthalmic solution or apply a moist compress to the eyelids. Hand hygiene helps prevent spread of infection from one eye to the other and transfer of the infection from the affected patient to others in the household.
CAUTION!
Gonococcal and chlamydial conjunctivitis are sexually transmitted diseases. All sexual partners of affected patients should be identified and treated.actinic conjunctivitis
acute contagious conjunctivitis
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
angular conjunctivitis of Morax-Axenfeld
catarrhal conjunctivitis
chlamydial conjunctivitis
follicular conjunctivitis
giant papillary conjunctivitis
Abbreviation: GPCPatient care
Changing or removing disposable contact lenses frequently decreases the likelihood of contracting GPC. All contact lens wearers should be advised to use good hand hygiene esp. before handling lenses, and to replace lenses according to prescribed schedule, using prescribed cleaning and storage guidelines, and a “rub and rinse” cleaning method rather than no rub. If such symptoms occur, the individual should remove the contact lens immediately and seek evaluation and treatment from the primary care provider or ophthalmologist.
gonococcal conjunctivitis
gonorrheal conjunctivitis
See: gonococcal conjunctivitisgranular conjunctivitis
inclusion conjunctivitis
Chlamydial conjunctivitis.ligneous conjunctivitis
membranous conjunctivitis
conjunctivitis of newborn
Ophthalmia neonatorum.phlyctenular conjunctivitis
purulent conjunctivitis
seasonal conjunctivitis
vernal conjunctivitis
giant papillary conjunctivitis
Abbreviation: GPCPatient care
Changing or removing disposable contact lenses frequently decreases the likelihood of contracting GPC. All contact lens wearers should be advised to use good hand hygiene esp. before handling lenses, and to replace lenses according to prescribed schedule, using prescribed cleaning and storage guidelines, and a “rub and rinse” cleaning method rather than no rub. If such symptoms occur, the individual should remove the contact lens immediately and seek evaluation and treatment from the primary care provider or ophthalmologist.