Conjunctivitis: Why blush eyes and how to treat them

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What is conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the transparent mucous membrane (conjunctiva) that covers the eye.

The smallest blood vessels of the irritated mucosa become more noticeable. The eye looks very reddened.

Photo: VCHALUP2/Depositphotos

What are the symptoms of conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is not limited to one redness. He has other symptoms:

• Itching. The injured eye is itching significantly.
• Pain. As a rule, non -stupid or cutting.
• Lacrimation.
• Small swelling of the eyelids.
• Yellowish or gray discharge, due to which eyelids and eyelashes can stick together, especially after sleep.

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When to urgently consult a doctor

Fortunately, in most cases, conjunctivitis, although sufficiently except, is safe and quite quite amenable to home treatment.

However, there are situations when you need to run to the therapist or immediately to an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. The fact is that sometimes with relatively harmless conjunctivitis you can confuse serious eye lesions that can lead to loss of vision.

Seek medical help immediately if:

• You have a feeling that something is stuck in the eye (you feel a foreign object inside);
• The pain seems too strong;
• Together with the alleged conjunctivitis, vision problems arise – the picture doubles, cloudy, darkens, brightens;
• It hurts you to look at the light;
• conjunctivitis arose in a newborn (under 28 days) a child;
• Symptoms – redness of the eye, pain, discharge – did not disappear in two weeks.

Separately mention those who wear contact lenses. You need to abandon them at the first signs of conjunctivitis. And carefully monitor the state of the eye. If relief does not occur in 12-24 hours, urgently contact the optometrist. You need to make sure that you do not have a serious eye infection associated with the use of contact lenses.

Where does the conjunctivitis come from

The mucous membrane of the eye is inflamed for various reasons.

Viruses

For example, infections that cause acute respiratory viral infections in some cases can also affect the conjunctiva. So in the load to the snot, temperature and sore throat you get red eyes (the virus most often affects them at once both).

Bacteria

Infections are not only viral, but also bacterial. Such sometimes pulls several diseases at once: for example, blepharitis or barley. Bacterial conjunctivitis can appear on one eye and on both.

Allergic reactions

Most often, eyes react to the dust or pollen of plants – those allergens that easily fall directly on the mucous membrane. With allergies, both eyes also suffer at once.

Irritating substances

Conjunctivitis can occur if some irritating chemical substance, such as caustic soap, shampoo, cosmetics hit the mucous membrane. Also, the cause of inflammation sometimes becomes an eyelash or a large sorinka, which is under the century.

How to treat conjunctivitis

In most cases, special treatment is not required. As a rule, the most common types of conjunctivitis – viral and caused by stimuli – pass on their own within a few days: viruses retreat, dust particles and eyelashes are washed off with tears and water when washing. The process can be accelerated by cleansing the eyes with pharmacy artificial tears and using other home care methods – about them just below.

But the course of the disease must be monitored carefully.

If the symptoms do not decrease within 2-3 days, there is a risk that conjunctivitis has a bacterial or allergic origin.

In this case, you must definitely contact a therapist or ophthalmologist.

Bacterial infections are treated with drops and ointments with antibiotics. Please note: antibiotics have side effects, and frequent unreasonable use leads to the fact that microbes acquire resistance to them. Therefore, such funds (with tetracycline, sulfacetamide, chloramphenicol, and so on) can only be prescribed by a doctor.

Antihistamines and drops are effective against allergies. They are also best selected with a specialist.

How to relieve the symptoms of conjunctivitis at home

Here are a few important rules that will help get rid of inflammation faster.

Wash your hands as often as possible

Especially before they climb into the eyes.

Keep your eyes clean

Regularly remove discharge with eyelasses with cotton pads and sticks moistened with chilled boiled water. Do not spare cotton wool, change the discs more often, for each eye, use an individual swab so as not to spread infection. After completing the procedure, wash your hands thoroughly with soap.

Use artificial tears

Rinse your eyes with over -the -counter lubricating drops. It is enough to do this once or twice a day before the condition is facilitated.

Make compresses

Put a cool or warm compress in the eyes for 2-3 minutes – moistened in boiled water and squeezed cotton pads. This will relieve swelling, reduce itching and discomfort. And it will also help soften the crust formed on the eyelashes – then it will be easier to remove.

Be careful with tea

Use compresses in the form of bags with black, green, chamomile and other tea is permissible. Like ordinary compresses, they can reduce edema and soften the discharge on the eyelashes. But there are no studies that would confirm the benefits of tea bags for the treatment of eye infections, today does not exist.

Do not put on the lenses

Repeat: if you wear contact lenses, refuse them for a while. Try to do with glasses. A couple of lenses that you wore before the onset of the disease, it is better to throw it away, even if the replacement period has not yet come up. Most likely, the causative agents of conjunctivitis remained on them. Do not risk and get a new pair.

Moisturize the air

Use a humidifier in the room so that your eyes do not dry out.

Sleep on a clean pillowcase

Wash or change the pillowcase on which you sleep, every day until the infection passes.

Do not share your things

Use only individual towel, washcloth, pillow.

What can not be done with conjunctivitis

Follow these recommendations to get no worse:

• Do not scratch and do not trite her eyelids: from this irritation will only intensify.
• Do not apply makeup on your eyes until the symptoms of conjunctivitis pass.
• In no case do not share drops for the eyes, cosmetics or contact lenses with any1.
• Do not drip in the eyes of nothing but an artificial tear and the means that the doctor will prescribe to you. Traditional home remedies such as a chamomile, tea or solution of furatsilin can increase irritation.
• Do not use eye drops for more than 3-5 days, unless the doctor recommends you to extend the treatment. The uncontrolled use of such means can aggravate the symptoms of conjunctivitis.

What is conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the transparent mucous membrane (conjunctiva) that covers the eye.

The smallest blood vessels of the irritated mucosa become more noticeable. The eye looks very reddened.

Photo: VCHALUP2/Depositphotos

What are the symptoms of conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is not limited to one redness. He has other symptoms:

• Itching. The injured eye is itching significantly.
• Pain. As a rule, non -stupid or cutting.
• Lacrimation.
• Small swelling of the eyelids.
• Yellowish or gray discharge, due to which eyelids and eyelashes can stick together, especially after sleep.

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When to urgently consult a doctor

Fortunately, in most cases, conjunctivitis, although sufficiently except, is safe and quite quite amenable to home treatment.

However, there are situations when you need to run to the therapist or immediately to an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. The fact is that sometimes with relatively harmless conjunctivitis you can confuse serious eye lesions that can lead to loss of vision.

Seek medical help immediately if:

• You have a feeling that something is stuck in the eye (you feel a foreign object inside);
• The pain seems too strong;
• Together with the alleged conjunctivitis, vision problems arise – the picture doubles, cloudy, darkens, brightens;
• It hurts you to look at the light;
• conjunctivitis arose in a newborn (under 28 days) a child;
• Symptoms – redness of the eye, pain, discharge – did not disappear in two weeks.

Separately mention those who wear contact lenses. You need to abandon them at the first signs of conjunctivitis. And carefully monitor the state of the eye. If relief does not occur in 12-24 hours, urgently contact the optometrist. You need to make sure that you do not have a serious eye infection associated with the use of contact lenses.

Where does the conjunctivitis come from

The mucous membrane of the eye is inflamed for various reasons.

Viruses

For example, infections that cause acute respiratory viral infections in some cases can also affect the conjunctiva. So in the load to the snot, temperature and sore throat you get red eyes (the virus most often affects them at once both).

Bacteria

Infections are not only viral, but also bacterial. Such sometimes pulls several diseases at once: for example, blepharitis or barley. Bacterial conjunctivitis can appear on one eye and on both.

Allergic reactions

Most often, eyes react to the dust or pollen of plants – those allergens that easily fall directly on the mucous membrane. With allergies, both eyes also suffer at once.

Irritating substances

Conjunctivitis can occur if some irritating chemical substance, such as caustic soap, shampoo, cosmetics hit the mucous membrane. Also, the cause of inflammation sometimes becomes an eyelash or a large sorinka, which is under the century.

How to treat conjunctivitis

In most cases, special treatment is not required. As a rule, the most common types of conjunctivitis – viral and caused by stimuli – pass on their own within a few days: viruses retreat, dust particles and eyelashes are washed off with tears and water when washing. The process can be accelerated by cleansing the eyes with pharmacy artificial tears and using other home care methods – about them just below.

But the course of the disease must be monitored carefully.

If the symptoms do not decrease within 2-3 days, there is a risk that conjunctivitis has a bacterial or allergic origin.

In this case, you must definitely contact a therapist or ophthalmologist.

Bacterial infections are treated with drops and ointments with antibiotics. Please note: antibiotics have side effects, and frequent unreasonable use leads to the fact that microbes acquire resistance to them. Therefore, such funds (with tetracycline, sulfacetamide, chloramphenicol, and so on) can only be prescribed by a doctor.

Antihistamines and drops are effective against allergies. They are also best selected with a specialist.

How to relieve the symptoms of conjunctivitis at home

Here are a few important rules that will help get rid of inflammation faster.

Wash your hands as often as possible

Especially before they climb into the eyes.

Keep your eyes clean

Regularly remove discharge with eyelasses with cotton pads and sticks moistened with chilled boiled water. Do not spare cotton wool, change the discs more often, for each eye, use an individual swab so as not to spread infection. After completing the procedure, wash your hands thoroughly with soap.

Use artificial tears

Rinse your eyes with over -the -counter lubricating drops. It is enough to do this once or twice a day before the condition is facilitated.

Make compresses

Put a cool or warm compress in the eyes for 2-3 minutes – moistened in boiled water and squeezed cotton pads. This will relieve swelling, reduce itching and discomfort. And it will also help soften the crust formed on the eyelashes – then it will be easier to remove.

Be careful with tea

Use compresses in the form of bags with black, green, chamomile and other tea is permissible. Like ordinary compresses, they can reduce edema and soften the discharge on the eyelashes. But there are no studies that would confirm the benefits of tea bags for the treatment of eye infections, today does not exist.

Do not put on the lenses

Repeat: if you wear contact lenses, refuse them for a while. Try to do with glasses. A couple of lenses that you wore before the onset of the disease, it is better to throw it away, even if the replacement period has not yet come up. Most likely, the causative agents of conjunctivitis remained on them. Do not risk and get a new pair.

Moisturize the air

Use a humidifier in the room so that your eyes do not dry out.

Sleep on a clean pillowcase

Wash or change the pillowcase on which you sleep, every day until the infection passes.

Do not share your things

Use only individual towel, washcloth, pillow.

What can not be done with conjunctivitis

Follow these recommendations to get no worse:

• Do not scratch and do not trite her eyelids: from this irritation will only intensify.
• Do not apply makeup on your eyes until the symptoms of conjunctivitis pass.
• In no case do not share drops for the eyes, cosmetics or contact lenses with any1.
• Do not drip in the eyes of nothing but an artificial tear and the means that the doctor will prescribe to you. Traditional home remedies such as a chamomile, tea or solution of furatsilin can increase irritation.
• Do not use eye drops for more than 3-5 days, unless the doctor recommends you to extend the treatment. The uncontrolled use of such means can aggravate the symptoms of conjunctivitis.