How is conjunctivitis treated?

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Conjunctivitis is a kind of eye disease that many adults and children will suffer from. There are many reasons. It may be caused by infection, allergy, and inflammation due to conjunctival congestion caused by trauma. This kind of disease mostly occurs in spring and summer, Many patients are also infected with this disease by contacting the towels or face washing appliances used by other patients, faucets, and water in the swimming pool. It will cause epidemic in kindergartens or factories and schools. Therefore, timely treatment is needed after the illness. Then, how to treat conjunctivitis? Here is an introduction.

How is conjunctivitis treated?

First: during the period of illness, adhere to apply cold water soaked towel to eyes every day. Caution should be given to the use of hormonal eye drops. Acute conjunctivitis at the beginning of the eye should be cold compress, help detumescence red. When the inflammation is not controlled, hormone eye medicine should not be used, and hormone eye medicine should not be used for viral conjunctivitis.

Second: because suffering from acute conjunctivitis, eye secretions more than usual, so can not simply rely on drugs to treat. It's very important to take good care of your eyes every day and keep them clean. Only when you wash your eyes with normal saline or take eye bath, can you give full play to the effect of eye drops.

Third: be sure to keep your eyes away from light and heat, and use your eyes less. To reduce discomfort, avoid light and heat stimulation. Go out to wear sunglasses, avoid the sun, wind, dust and other stimulation. In order to make the discharge of eye secretions unobstructed, reduce the local temperature, is not conducive to the growth of bacteria, eye bandage or wearing eye mask. I can't read and watch TV for a long time.

matters needing attention

It should be noted that patients must control their condition. If they are treated in time, they can recover quickly, but after recovery, they should be able to prevent recurrence. Therefore, they should pay attention to hygiene at ordinary times, wash their hands more, and do not wipe their eyes with dirty hands. In addition, patients should pay attention to household hygiene, frequently change sheets and covers, and also pay attention to hygiene of toiletries, Don't go to the public swimming pool often.