What is catarrhal conjunctivitis

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Catarrhal conjunctivitis symptom is a kind of eye disease caused by bacterial infection. Generally speaking, for patients with mild condition, their eyes often feel tired, while for patients with serious condition, they will feel blurred and red. Let's popularize the science of catarrhal conjunctivitis.

What is catarrhal conjunctivitis

First: catarrhal conjunctivitis is a common infectious eye disease caused by bacterial infection, also known as bacterial conjunctivitis. Traditional Chinese medicine is called "storm guest fever", commonly known as "eye of fire". This disease is a kind of conjunctivitis, generally has three types: Spring catarrhal conjunctivitis, chronic catarrhal conjunctivitis and acute catarrhal conjunctivitis.

Second, modern medicine believes that the cause of catarrhal conjunctivitis is due to the direct invasion of the infected conjunctiva by Diplococcus pneumoniae - Wechsler's bacillus, influenza bacillus and hemolytic Staphylococcus aureus. According to traditional Chinese medicine, it is due to the external attack of pathogenic wind heat, the attack of internal heat and Yang, the combination of internal and external pathogenic factors, and the attack of wind heat on the eyes.

Third: in the early stage and peak period of the disease, the secretion smear or conjunctival scraping test should be carried out to determine the pathogenic bacteria, and the drug sensitivity test should be carried out to select effective drug treatment. Generally, the positive rate of bacteriological examination in the late stage of the disease is low. For patients with more secretions, 3% boric acid solution or normal saline can be used to wash the conjunctival sac. If there is not much secretions, a sterile cotton swab can be used to dip in the above solution for cleaning.

matters needing attention

Catarrhal conjunctivitis is caused by the bacterial infection in people's daily life, and it will change into the symptoms of eye diseases. Therefore, our patients with catarrhal conjunctivitis should add more cleaning of eye hygiene at ordinary times to avoid bacterial bacteria entering the eyes, leading to the formation of such diseases.