Anticipation When Children Affected Conjunctivitis, Eye Red

Conjunctivitis or eye infections in children is a common problem in children of school age. The eyes become red, itchy and swollen. There is a possibility of a sticky discharge from the eye that can be white, translucent, green or yellow. Conjunctivitis is called the "red eye" because the whites of the eyes turn red or pink. When the child has itching and redness of the eyes, he must notify parents as soon as possible, because the eye disease is highly contagious and spread easily.

Conjunctivitis, commonly known as red eye or pink eye, is a contagious infection of the conjunctiva or inflammation of the conjunctiva, cornea that covers the white part of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelid.

Conjunctivitis can be marked with a colored eyes are very red and spread so fast. It can cause eye damage. Several types of conjunctivitis may disappear by itself, but there is also a need treatment.

Conjunctivitis can affect anyone from infants to adults. When a newborn exposed to conjunctivitis, gonococcal infection of the conjunctiva usually comes from his mother when passing through the birth canal. While adults can get through sexual intercourse (semen of infected fluid into the eye).

There is a possibility it's just next to the affected eye conjunctivitis, and beside it is not. However, normally both eyes infected. Conjunctivitis usually does not make the eyes ache, but the eyes become very itchy. It feels like no eyelashes or small particles that enter the eye, where it is extremely disturbing. The infection lasts for approximately a week and usually resolves itself. However, if the itching was very disturbing, it must be treated. Some children can be affected by conjunctivitis simultaneously with an ear infection, because bacteria responsible for causing diseases of the eye can also cause ear infections.

Conjunctivitis caused by viruses or bacteria. Viruses that cause conjunctivitis are also responsible for the flu. The bacteria that cause conjunctivitis also cause ear infections. Conjunctivitis spread by touch. If a person touches the hands of patients who previously had touched her eyes, she will become infected. And because infected children associated with parents and friends, they are also at risk of contracting the disease. In this case, prevention is frequent hand washing with disinfectant soap and warm water. Conjunctivitis caused by bacteria and viruses and infectious, known as conjunctivitis is contagious. Conjunctivitis can also be caused by allergies or the entry of foreign objects into the eye that cause eye irritation. This type of conjunctivitis is not contagious.

Nemours Foundation provides a number of suggestions to help prevent the spread of contagious eye disease, among others:

* Do not touch the people who suffer from red eye disease.
* Do not touch objects (such as towels or tissues) that is touched by people with conjunctivitis.
* Stay away from people with conjunctivitis who are coughing or sneezing.
* Do not swim with people with conjunctivitis.
* Do not let the kids go to school when they are suffering from conjunctivitis.
* Frequently wash hands with soap to clean.

Patients should go to the doctor if the itching is very annoying. The doctor will check the color red and the fluid that comes out of the eye. The doctor will ask about the possibility of meeting with a friend or someone who is suffering from red eye disease or whether the conjunctivitis is caused by allergies or the entry of foreign objects into the eye. Your doctor will also check the ears to the possibility of ear infection. If the eye disease caused by a bacterial infection, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics in the form of ointments or eye drops. Usually if a baby will be given an ointment, while the children and adults are given eye drops. Parents need to give eye drops or ointment to the eyes of children, four to five times for seven days or more. Dosage and timing must be maintained regularly to get rid of the infection completely.

If the conjunctivitis is caused by a virus, so antibiotics can not cure it. And if eye disease is caused by an allergy or foreign body, doctors will recommend using special eye drops to relieve allergy symptoms. Warm water can also be sprinkled into the eyes to relieve itching. Cold or warm rag can be used to clean the discharge from the eye. Parents can clean the eyes carefully with cotton wool and warm water to clean the tip of the eye. Towels and cloth that has been used should be washed immediately so that infection does not spread to family members.