Allergic conjunctivitis: current concepts on pathogenesis and management
Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) includes a wide spectrum of clinical entities characterized by different incidence, age
of onset, natural course, clinical outcome and response to treatment. Taken together, they represent one of the most
frequent ocular surface diseases affecting more than 30% of the young-adult population and show an increasing
incidence over the years. Moreover, comorbidities with other systemic atopic conditions such as asthma, atopic
dermatitis and rhinitis require a multidisciplinary approach. Recent advances in the knowledge of the pathogenic