Neonatal conjunctivitis:
Red, sticky eye in an infant in the first 28 days of life
Discharge due to poor drainage of the lacrimal duct does not cause not conjunctival inflammation only ‘sticky’ eye.
Serious causes of neonatal conjunctivitis include gonorrhoea and chlamydia.
Corneal ulceration may occur in gonorrhoeal conjunctivitis.
Neonatal chlamydial infection can be associated with a systemic infection, such as pneumonia.
Therefore infants should be urgently referred to paediatrics and ophthalmology