A hospitalized client wakes up in the morning with his eyelids sticking together from a thick and copious discharge. After the nurse applies warm soaks to help remove the crusts, the client then reports pain, redness, and itching of the eyes. What inflammatory disorder would the nurse suspect?

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The symptoms described, including eyelids sticking together from a thick and copious discharge, pain, redness, and itching of the eyes, are characteristic of conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the conjunctiva.

A Hospitalized Client Wakes Up in the Morning with His