Acute banal conjunctivitis

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  • Causes
  • Manifestations
  • Treatment



    Causes

    Acute banal conjunctivitisAcute banal conjunctivitis cause staphylococci or streptococci. Most often such conjunctivitis begins with a disease of one eye, then conjunctivitis develops on the other hand.

    Causes of banal conjunctivitis – Dust in the eyes, Syrin, swimming in contaminated water bodies.

    Promote the development of inflammation of the conjunctivation and overheating, acute respiratory viral infections, aggravation of chronic diseases.


    Manifestations

    Patients worries itching, burning in the eyes, sense of sand, foreign body in the eye. In the morning it is impossible to reveal the eyes due to the purulent discharge, bonding eyelashes. The mucous membrane of the eyelid and the sclera acquires a bright red color, swells and thickens. In the conjunctival bag discovered mucus and pussy.


    Treatment

    Treatment of banal conjunctivitis. Prescribed instillation in the conjunctival bag of antiseptic solutions. First day Installing spend every hour. In the next 3-5 days – 6 times a day. Apply:

    • Sulfacyl sodium (Albucid)
    • Furacillin
    • Collargol
    • Solutions of antibiotics.
    • Sometimes weakened patients in the absence of treatment may occur in the form of blepharite (eyelinity) or edible keratitis (inflammation of the cornea). But usually banal conjunctivitis are well treated. It is forbidden to impose a bandage to the eye, as it prevents the blinking movements of the eyes, at the expense of which the conjunctival is cleaned by pus.

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