This is not a harmless problem.
Acute infectious conjunctivitis can be caused by many bacteria, including staphylococci, streptococci and pneumococci. Conjunctiva gets infected by bacteria trapped in the eye, or bacteria that have spread from the nasal cavity via the tear duct, or by contact with secretions from the eyes of a human patient with acute infectious conjunctivitis.
Bacterial conjunctivitis is poorly contagious and can be spread through any objects — books, toys, wipes or towels that have been in contact with secretions from infected eyes. Children who have the disease captures one eye, as a rule, quickly transfer the infection to the other eye with their own hands.
A much more severe form of bacterial conjunctivitis occurs in newborns whose mothers have gonorrhea. The eyes of a newborn child infected with gonococci (microbes are the causative agents of gonorrhea) . Until it was opened antibiotics, gonococcal conjunctivitis was the leading cause of blindness.
Conjunctivitis is also commonly called viruses. Some viruses cause only conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis can also be a symptom of a common viral disease such as measles. Children often become infected with mild forms of viral conjunctivitis in swimming pools contaminated with urine, especially if their eyes are irritated by chlorine. Viral conjunctivitis is very contagious.
Chemicals around the child can irritate the eyes and cause conjunctivitis. Detergents used in the household, smog, cigarette smoke and industrial emissions may be possible causes of chemical conjunctivitis (see eye injury). The silver nitrate used in the form of eye drops for newborns to prevent them developing gonorrheal conjunctivitis, he can cause a mild conjunctivitis, continued a couple of days. Conjunctivitis can also occur in children with allergies when in contact with substances to which they have increased sensitivity, for example, flower pollen polynnolistnaya ambrosia.
How to recognize the disease?
Acute infectious conjunctivitis is easily identified by the bright red color of the conjunctiva and the typical yellowish discharge from the eyes. Waking up, the child can detect that the lids are stuck together and covered with the solidified crusts. He may experience the unpleasant sensation of having sand in the eye.
In viral conjunctivitis, discharge from the eyes is more watery than yellowish pus at bacterial. Conjunctivitis caused by a generalized viral infection, characterized by fever, sore throat and diarrhea. In a child with viral conjunctivitis, a very increased sensitivity of eyes to light (photophobia), rarely observed in bacterial conjunctivitis.
How is it diagnosed?
Diagnosis of conjunctivitis is usually made by a doctor with a simple examination of the eyes of a child. The doctor finds the differences from other possible diseases of the eye, for example, from peri – orbital cellulitis (inflammation of tissue that encloses the eye socket). Mucoid discharge, feeling of sand in my eye and redness of the conjunctiva indicate conjunctivitis. The vision of the child and the pupil (the round hole through which light passes into the eye) is normal, the cornea (transparent round plate) is clean and clear.
What complications can occur?
Conjunctivitis in newborns caused by contact with the gonococcus in the genital tract of the mother, may lead to corneal opacity and blindness. Not timely cured chemical conjunctivitis can cause long term eye damage. Chemical solutions lingering in the tissues of the eye, can cause extensive damage and lead to a complete loss of visual function.
© 2017 – 2019, paradox. All rights reserved.
