The conjunctiva is the mucous membrane of the eye that covers the front of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids. It plays an important role in protecting the eye from infections and damage. However, if some kind of malfunction occurs in the body, the conjunctiva can become the target of infection or inflammation.
**Ophthalmological disease.** The name of the disease is acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. It is not recommended to use this term to refer to this form of conjunctival inflammation without other signs of subconjunctival hemorrhage, because it is not used outside of ophthalmology. Instead, ophthalmo