Conjunctivitis is called the inflammatory disease of a conjunctiva. It very often occurs in newborn children. However conjunctivitis at children always proceeds many times easier, than at adults, and rather seldom leads to development of various complications. Nevertheless, it is necessary to struggle with children's conjunctivitis, and the treatment will begin earlier, the effect of disposal of an unpleasant disease will occur quicker.
Instruction
1. Staphylococcal conjunctivitis is the most widespread defeat of a conjunctiva at newborns. At first one eye, very soon — another is surprised. Plentiful purulent allocation is located after centuries and acts on eyelashes. For treatment make to the child washing of a sore eye solution antiseptics - Furacilin or potassium permanganate.
2. Also you can apply tetracycline ointment. At the same time you apply ointment in a small amount directly on an eye, then eyelashes at the kid will not stick together.
3. Pneumococcal conjunctivitis. Infection occurs from the outside more often. Usually the disease proceeds rather sharply, practically always on both eyes. In this case eyelids swell, there is a certain dot rash, white-gray films which quite easily are removed are formed. For treatment also washing of eyes antiseptics (for example, Furacilin solution), and, besides them, - eye drops in the form of solution of a levomitsetin is appointed. At the correct performance of all appointments of the pediatrician such conjunctivitis at the child recovers approximately in two weeks.
4. Gonokokkovy conjunctivitis is painful and unpleasant inflammation of a mucous membrane of an eye. It becomes menacing if its activator it is necessary gonokokk Neicer. The diagnosis "гонобленорея" is in that case made. Did not begin to take around the world preventive measures yet (till 1917), gonoblenoreya was the cause of a blindness of a great number of babies. Infection occurs when the head of a fruit passes through patrimonial ways of mother who has gonorrhea. Inflammation is shown at the kid for the second or third day after the birth. Both eyes are surprised. Eyelids are condensed and swell, there are mucous and bloody allocations which pass in 3 — 4 days into purulent and plentiful. At suspicion of this disease conduct a bacteriological research. Therefore to each child right after his birth process eyelids special solution of boric acid and also dig in 1% silver nitrate solution.
5. Chlamydial conjunctivitis (trachoma) - it chlamydias at hit on a mucous membrane of an eye of newborns during passing cause them on patrimonial ways of mother who has genital clamidiosis. At the child are observed the century, plentiful mucous purulent allocations swelled, also on side of the affected eye parotid lymph nodes considerably increase. The basic principle of treatment in this case is the general antibacterial therapy. At the same time as local therapy apply washings of eyes solutions of Furacilin and potassium permanganate. For a lower eyelid it is possible to put tetracycline ointment. To the sick child appoint azithromycin, piklosidin or lomefloksatsin in drops.