Symptoms of conjunctivitis in infants
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Children's body immunity and anti-virus infection ability are relatively poor. If they are infected by external bacteria and viruses, it is easy to cause all kinds of diseases, among which conjunctivitis is the most common one, which is mainly related to the many ways of transmission of conjunctivitis and children's not paying attention to eye hygiene and eye health. Especially in the crowd concentrated kindergarten or primary school, the incidence rate and transmission rate of conjunctivitis are very high. Once children have conjunctivitis symptoms in their lives, they should be taken to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately. Infant conjunctivitis symptoms to share with you my views.
Symptoms of conjunctivitis in infants
1. The types of pathogenic bacteria of conjunctivitis and the characteristics of conjunctival inflammatory reaction, if mainly neutrophil infiltration, often indicate bacterial or chlamydia infection; If monocytes increase or multinucleated giant cells appear, it may be viral infection; If there are inclusion bodies, lymphocytes and plasma cells in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells, it indicates Chlamydia infection.
2. Membrane is cellulose exudation attached to conjunctiva surface, pseudomembrane is easy to peel off, but true membrane is not easy to separate, wound bleeding after forced peeling, the essential difference between the two lies in the difference in the degree of inflammatory reaction, the inflammatory reaction of true membrane is more severe, diphtheria caused serious membranous conjunctivitis; β- Hemolytic streptococcus, pneumoniae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, adenovirus and inclusion bodies can cause membranous or pseudomembranous conjunctivitis.
3. Conjunctivitis results in conjunctival vasodilation and exudation, leading to tissue edema. Due to the relaxation of bulbar conjunctiva and fornix conjunctiva, the swelling is obvious. The signs of conjunctivitis are an important basis for the correct diagnosis of various conjunctivitis. Abnormal sensation, burning sensation, heavy eyelid, increased secretion, photophobia, tears and different degrees of vision loss may occur when the lesion involves the cornea. According to different situations, the characters are different.
matters needing attention
Conjunctivitis is mostly contact infection, so it should be advocated to wash hands frequently and avoid rubbing eyes at will. Advocate running water to wash face, towel, handkerchief and other items should be separated from others, and often clean and disinfect. The patients with infectious conjunctivitis should take certain isolation measures, improve the environment and wear protective glasses to prevent conjunctivitis.
