Allergic Conjunctivitis - Prevention and Treatment

Conjunctivitis - a common eye disease. Symptoms: irritation and redness of the eyes, tearing. So, what is conjunctivitis? It is an inflammation of the conjunctiva - mucous membrane of the eye that covers the inside of the eyelids and sclera. Causes the appearance of conjunctivitis can be very different, but the most common - it's viral and bacterial infections and allergic reactions.


Causes of conjunctivitis: prolonged exposure to dirt, dust, aerosols and chemicals, metabolic substances, avitaminosis, diseases of the eyelids (blepharitis, meybomit); violation of refraction (hyperopia, astigmatism, nearsightedness), diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses.


The cause of conjunctivitis in children are usually dirty hands. Young children to touch everything around them items, and then rub their eyes. Conjunctivitis in children often occurs in conjunction with any colds, but it occurs mostly easy and runs on its own in 6-7 days.


Symptoms of conjunctivitis: a sense of debris, itching, stinging, burning, eye fatigue, lacrimation, profuse purulent discharge; conjunctiva red; photophobia.
Form of conjunctivitis.
Several forms of conjunctivitis: viral, bacterial and allergic.

Viral conjunctivitis. The main group of viral conjunctivitis is adenovirus, and enterovirus koksakevirusnye less. Adenoviral conjunctivitis are common and occur in the form of epidemic outbreaks and sporadic disease. As a general rule, adenoviruses cause the following clinical forms of eye damage: adenovirus conjunctivitis and epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. Epidemic conjunctivitis - hospital infections, more than 70% of patients infected in hospitals. Source of infection is the patient. Infection is spread by contact, rarely airborne. Acute onset, affects both eyes: first one, after 1-5 days the second. Symptoms of viral conjunctivitis: stinging, foreign body sensation in the eye, watery eyes. The duration of an epidemic of conjunctivitis is 3-4 weeks. Serious consequence is the development of dry eye syndrome in connection with violation of tear fluid production.

Bacterial conjunctivitis. In this form of the disease are usually infected with both eyes. Bacterial conjunctivitis is accompanied by copious mucus.

Allergic conjunctivitis - is, in essence, an allergic reaction to any stimuli: dust, harsh odors, pollen, and so on. This form of conjunctivitis is expressed by severe itching, redness of the eyelids and the viscous purulent discharge.

Tearing - this is a normal function of the eye. Severe tearing - a sign of eye disease. Tears come from the lakrimalnoy gland, located on the outer cover of the eyeball. Tears formed several eye membranes: water, mineral and antibodies. For the external cover of the eyeball - corneal humidity is very important to avoid damage to the cornea. Tears irrigate the eye through lakrimalnye channels. In the case of blocking these channels may be a strong tearing. Causes of epiphora: allergy, conjunctivitis, mechanisms of allergic inflammation, chronic rhinitis and postnasal syndrome.

Prevention of conjunctivitis.
You can catch conjunctivitis from the sick person, either through unwashed hands or by airborne droplets. And so it did not happen, it should comply with (fairly simple) preventive measures, which amount to personal hygiene, most important of which (in relation to our topic) - do not touch eyes with unwashed hands.

Conjunctivitis treatment.
Treatment for conjunctivitis depends on the pathogen, stage of development, the nature and process of the disease. Treatment prescribed by the ophthalmologist, which includes frequent washing of medicinal solutions and instilling the eye, use eye ointments.

In acute conjunctivitis should undertake frequent washing of the eyeball to remove the purulent discharge. In the treatment of conjunctivitis is necessary every two to three hours to conduct landfill eye antiseptic eye drops.
The treatment of conjunctivitis is usually long. If you used drugs for one to two weeks have not brought tangible results, they must be replaced by more efficient ones.

The most difficult to treat chronic conjunctivitis. This form of the disease occurs mainly in adults. Caused by chronic conjunctivitis irritants to eyes for a long time (dust, smoke, chemical impurities in the air, and so on). The cause of this disease may also be a metabolic disorder in the body, vitamin deficiency, chronic destruction of lacrimal and nasal canals. Symptoms of chronic conjunctivitis: eye fatigue, burning, photophobia, sensation of "sand for centuries, itching.
The treatment of conjunctivitis is considered complete only when completely eradicated pathogen infection and to remove all the painful consequences.