Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis or disease of pink eyes it is accepted to call a conjunctiva inflammation. So the outside thin cover covering a sclera and an internal surface of an eye century is called.

Conjunctivitis – quite widespread ophthalmologic pathology which danger is quite often underestimated. A common cause of conjunctivitis at children – entering of an infection directly in eyes dirty hands. To conjunctivitis at children also give avitaminosis, allergic reactions and chronic rhinitis with the accompanying inflammatory processes in nose bosoms.

At adults the most common cause of conjunctivitis work in the conditions of long influence of dust, chemicals or aerosols is considered. Disbolism in an organism, diseases of a century, for example, a meibomitis or a blepharitis, refraction pathologies can provoke conjunctivitis also: short-sightedness, far-sightedness, astigmatism, etc.

Conjunctivitis symptoms

Carry complaints of the patient to feeling of gripes or an itch in eyes to symptoms of conjunctivitis. Patients with conjunctivitis symptoms quite often suffer from the increased visual fatigue and a photophobia. At a severe form of conjunctivitis symptoms of a disease are plentiful purulent discharges from eyes. At easier forms of conjunctivitis at children against the background of cold perhaps limited manifestation of signs of an inflammation: dacryagogue from eyes and reddening of a conjunctiva. In this case it will be necessary to resolve first an issue - how to cure cold.

Types of conjunctivitis

Viral conjunctivitis is caused by any viral infections: adenoviral, koksakevirusny or enteroviral. The bulk of all cases of viral conjunctivitis is made by the diseases provoked by adenoviruses. Viral conjunctivitis of this look arises, as a rule, against the background of, epidemics of an adenoviral infection.

About 70% of the reasons of viral conjunctivitis are made by a hospital infection. It extends preferential contact and, much more rare, an airborne way. Viral conjunctivitis affects both eyes of the patient. The incubation interval lasts 4-8 days at an adenoviral form of a disease and 4-48 hours at an enteroviral form of viral conjunctivitis.

Diphtheritic conjunctivitis or diphtheria of a conjunctiva is caused by hit on a mucous membrane of an eye of a diphtheritic stick. Except hypostasis and reddening a century refer formation of specific gray films to symptoms of conjunctivitis of this look in the eyes. At forced disclosure of a century from an eye of the patient purulent contents with flakes stream.

Chlamidia conjunctivitis or clamidiosis of eyes provokes infection with chlamydias. The special class of intracellular parasites can cause multiple damages of human organs, and eyes including. Refer formation of follicles on a conjunctival fold to specific symptoms of conjunctivitis of a Chlamidia form, consolidation and opacification of a cornea. At a severe form of an inflammation the disease can lead to a blindness.

Allergic conjunctivitis develops against the background of allergic reaction of a mucous membrane of eyes. It can be one of forms of reaction of an organism to medicine, hair of animals, pollen of certain plants, etc. Allergic conjunctivitis is always followed by allergic rhinitis, more rare bronchial asthma or atopic dermatitis.

Pneumococcal conjunctivitis at children often has character of epidemic. It is shown by formation of dot hemorrhages on the child's conjunctiva, emergence of white-gray films on a friable surface a century. Pneumococcal conjunctivitis practically does not occur at adults.

At children and adults carry gonococcal, angular and autoimmune forms of a disease to more rare species of conjunctivitis.

Treatment of conjunctivitis

Tactics of treatment of conjunctivitis depends on infestant type. At pneumococcal conjunctivitis at children treatment consists in daily repeated washing of eyes solutions of antiseptic agents. At the same time to the child local antibacterial therapy in the form of eye drops is appointed. For the night under an eyelid to the patient with pneumococcal conjunctivitis ointment on the basis of Tetracycline or Erythromycin is put.

Treatment of conjunctivitis of a Chlamidia form also assumes washing of eyes antiseptic agents and use of antibiotics. But the main attention of the doctor is directed to therapy of the main urogenital clamidiosis. Also surgical removal of follicles on a conjunctival fold of a century is possible.

The purpose of treatment of conjunctivitis at children and adults against the background of the general allergic reaction is reduction of sensitivity of an organism to allergen. This state is reached by gradual introduction to the patient of small doses of allergen. At acute allergic conjunctivitis eye drops and ointments on the basis of Glucocorticoids are applied to simplification of a condition of the patient.

Treatment of conjunctivitis of a diphtheritic form is carried out in the conditions of infectious department with indispensable introduction to the patient of antidiphtherial serum.

Obligatory component of treatment of viral conjunctivitis at children and adults are antiviral drugs, immunomodulators and vitamin therapy.

Prevention of conjunctivitis

To warn infection with conjunctivitis, often rather usual measures of personal hygiene:

• to wash hands,
• not to rub eyes dirty hands,
• not to use someone else's cosmetics and towels,
• not to carry contact lenses of other person,
• after communication with the patient with symptoms of conjunctivitis to wash up hands and to dig eyes antimicrobic drops.