- Acute onset, very red conjunctiva with opaque d/c (more red and discharge thicker compared w/viral)
- Eyelids may feel "glued shut" in morning
- Irritated, but not usually itchy
- No visual change
- More often unilaterial than nbilateral
- Copious d/c if neisseria in partic (hyper-acute)
- Diffuse redness of conjunctiva
- Thick, opaque discharge