What is pneumococcal conjunctivitis? What causes this infectious disease and how it is treated? Read and find out this article.
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Pneumococcal conjunctivitis
Acute conjunctivitis caused by pneumococcus.
Pneumococcal conjunctivitis in adults is practically not found. Children and senior people are sick. In schools and kindergartens, the disease may acquire the nature of the epidemic, t.E. Almost all children are ill.
Manifestations
Features of the flow of pneumococcal conjunctivitis:
These films are easily removed with cotton swab. Under the film, loose, blushing, but not bleeding conjunctiva.
Quite often in the inflammatory process engaged cornea. It arises small infiltrates (seals), which, after recovery, completely disappear.
All children sick with pneumococcal conjunctivitis should not attend children's teams.
Treatment
Treatment of pneumococcal conjunctivitis. Sanitary and hygienic events are appointed, daily change towels and bed linen, especially pillowcase. In the first days, frequent rinsing of the cavity of the conjunctiva solutions of antiseptics (mangartanized potassium, furacillin). 6 times a day in the eye burst sodium sulphazyl solution or antibiotic solutions. Sometimes it is assigned to the cavity of the conjunctivation of ointments (tetracyclinic, erythromycinic, syntomic acid). All children and adults who in contact with sick pneumococcal conjunctivitis are recommended to prevent sulphacyl sodium for hardening in the eye within 2-3 days.
