Conjunctivitis is an inflammatory disease of the conjunctiva. It is very common in newborn babies. However, conjunctivitis in children always proceeds many times easier than in adults, and rarely leads to the development of various complications. Nevertheless, it is necessary to fight childhood conjunctivitis, and the sooner treatment begins, the faster the effect of getting rid of the unpleasant disease will come.
Instructions
Step 1
Staphylococcal conjunctivitis is the most common conjunctival disorder in newborns. First, one eye is affected, very soon the other. Profuse purulent discharge is located behind the eyelids and protrudes on the eyelashes. For treatment, give the child rinsing the sick eye with an antiseptic solution - furacilin or potassium permanganate.
Step 2
You can also apply tetracycline ointment. At the same time, apply a small amount of ointment directly to the eye, then the baby's cilia will not stick together.
Step 3
Pneumococcal conjunctivitis. Infection often occurs from the outside. Usually the disease is quite acute, almost always in both eyes. In this case, the eyelids swell, a certain pinpoint rash appears, white-gray films are formed, which are quite easily removed. For treatment, rinsing of the eyes with antiseptics (for example, a solution of furacilin) is also prescribed, and, in addition to them, eye drops in the form of a solution of chloramphenicol. With the correct implementation of all the prescriptions of the pediatrician, such conjunctivitis in a child is cured in about two weeks.
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Gonococcal conjunctivitis is a painful and unpleasant inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eye. It becomes threatening if its causative agent is Neiser's gonococcus. In this case, a diagnosis of gonoblenorrhea is made. Until they began to apply preventive measures all over the world (until 1917), gonoblenorrhea was the cause of the blindness of many babies. Infection occurs when the head of the fetus passes through the birth canal of a mother who has gonorrhea. Inflammation manifests itself in a baby on the second or third day after birth. Both eyes are affected. The eyelids thicken and swell, mucous and bloody discharge appear, which turn into purulent and abundant after 3-4 days. If this disease is suspected, a bacteriological study is performed. Therefore, immediately after birth, each child is treated with a special solution of boric acid, and a 1% solution of silver nitrate is instilled.
Step 5
Chlamydial conjunctivitis (trachoma) - it is caused by chlamydia when it gets on the mucous membrane of the eye of newborns during their passage through the birth canal of the mother, who is sick with genital chlamydia. The child has swelling of the eyelids, abundant mucous purulent discharge, and the parotid lymph nodes on the side of the affected eye also significantly increase. The basic principle of treatment in this case is general antibiotic therapy. At the same time, eye washing with solutions of furacilin and potassium permanganate is used as a local therapy. Tetracycline ointment can be placed behind the lower eyelid. A sick child is prescribed azithromycin, piclosidine or lomefloxacin drops.
