Conjunctivitis: why redden the eyes and how to treat them
Educational Program Health / / December 19, 2019
What if the eyelids stick together not out of sleep and why you should not buy in a drugstore drops with antibiotics.
What is conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis - an inflammation of the membrane that covers the eye. Thin fabric - the conjunctiva - lines the eyelids and the eye itself, helping it to stay moist and clean.
Conjunctivitis manifested strongly reddened eyes: not as if you do not get enough sleep, and did not seem to sleep a week.
Other symptoms of conjunctivitis:
- Itching.
- Lacrimation.
- Sticky lumps and film on the eyelashes, especially in the morning.
Sometimes it is difficult to open your eyes, because the lashes are stuck to each other and to the eyelids. So you have to first wash.
Where it is taken
eye membrane becomes inflamed for a variety of reasons
- Viruses. For example, adenovirus infections that cause SARS, hit more and conjunctiva. And the burden to the patient's throat and nose squelching added red eyes. Most often, the virus affects both eyes.
- Bacteria. Infections are not only viral but also bacterial. These are sometimes pulled by several diseases: e.g., blepharitis or barley. Bacterial conjunctivitis may occur and in one eye, and both.
- Allergic reactions. Most often, the eyes react to dust or pollen - those allergens that can easily be accessed directly on the eyelids. From this, too, suffer from both eyes.
- Irritants. Conjunctivitis occurs when the hit soap or shampoo in his eyes, cosmetics, or simply hard water if flown speck of dust or eyelash.
Than to treat conjunctivitis
Scheme of treatment depends on the cause of conjunctivitis. In most cases, special treatment is not requiredConjunctivitis, Conjunctivitis passes itself in 1-2 weeks: viruses retreat, dust and eyelashes are washed tear fluid.
Bacterial infections cure drops and ointments with antibiotics. But independently apply such drugs can not be, because without a doctor, we can not say for sure, need antibiotics or not. Against viruses and allergens, they are powerless, but in each of these drugs have side effects, and the frequent use of antibiotics leads to microbial resistance. Therefore, drops or ointments with antibiotics (tetracycline, sulfacetamide, chloramphenicol, and so on) should be used only on prescription.
Allergy effective antihistamines and drops. Incidentally, eye drops which constrict blood vessels and help reduce edema, used in the treatment of conjunctivitis others as adjuvantPatient education: Conjunctivitis (pink eye).
In any case, help to cope with the symptoms of a drop of artificial tears, they moisturize the eye and eliminate the emissions.
Drip into the eyes of tea, camomile tea or furatsilina solution is not necessary: it can cause unnecessary irritation when the eye is already bad. All funds that are not eye drops, use outside, rinse eyelids moistened cotton pad from the outer corner of the eye to the inside.
When running to the doctor
Usually there are no complications of conjunctivitisConjunctivitis or pink eyeBut there are warning signs, which should go to the doctor:
- Pain in the eyes.
- Photophobia.
- Blurred vision.
- Pus.
It will not prevent the expert consultation, when the eye is reddened very much: the intensity of each determines itself, but in matters of health is sometimes better to be safe.
Be sure to show the children's doctors conjunctivitis: in infants it can be caused by infections that Dispatched when childbirth, and children of any age can not be independently prescribe medications because of contraindications. And without drugs is not enough, because it is more difficult for children not to rub or touch your eyes, they can not "just be patient" until everything goes.
What to do and not to do with conjunctivitis
During treatment, the main thing - do not harm your eyes even more. It is enough to follow simple guidelines:
- Always wash your hands before your eyes begin to handle.
- Do not scrub or rub eyelids from this will only intensify irritation.
- All that stuck to the lashes, remove with a cotton pad and stick moistened with clean water. Do not spare wool, often drives change.
- If you want to wash the eyes or chamomile tea, be sure to use fresh infusions, not the remnants of welding.
- During his illness only wear glasses, contact lenses give up until he gets better.
- A pair of lenses, you wore before onset of the disease, it is better to throw away, even if the replacement time is not yet approached: most likely, the lenses were agents of conjunctivitis. Do not take chances and get a new pair.
- Do not apply make-up on her eyes until the symptoms of conjunctivitis will pass.
- Use a humidifier in the room, so that the eyes do not dry out.
Conjunctivitis usually does not interfere with work, but a lot depends on the type of work. For example, in a dusty environment with this disease do nothing. And if you have viral conjunctivitis, it is best not to spread it, and stay at home.
What to do to not get sick
Prevention of conjunctivitis is not always effective against all cases. With allergic conjunctivitis, for example, we do not do anything - it is necessary to deal with the symptoms of allergy and try not to meet with the allergens, but this is not always possible. Viral conjunctivitis is very contagious, and pick up a germ that attacks the eyes and more, can be airborne droplets.
But one thing we can do for your health, and that the general recommendations:
- Wash your hands before touching your eyes. And generally speaking to wash handsWhen you come home from the street.
- With no one to share towels for face and change them often.
- Time to change the pillowcases.
- To care for contact lenses.
- Do not use the delayed cosmetics.
- Do not share it with anyone cosmetics.