What is a pseudo membrane conjunctivitis?

Acute conjunctivitis in some patients, especially children, if the illness under control at the end, in the event of illness a few days after, aside from the common performance of acute conjunctivitis, purulent secretions such as conjunctival, viscosity, performance in the palpebral conjunctiva is visible a milky white layer of membrane-like formation, call this secretion of cellulose in medicine. This membrane-like material with a cotton swab easily wipe, though will have mild bleeding, formation without conjunctival freckled, this film is called pseudo-membrane formation of conjunctivitis conjunctivitis. Pseudo membranous conjunctivitis in children with or accompanied by redness and swelling of the eyelid, secretions can even be bloody.

Pseudo-membrane formation is a special manifestation of acute conjunctivitis, causes but both caused by bacterial infections, such as pneumococcal, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, such as Streptococcus mutans; or virus infection, such as the herpes zoster virus, adenovirus, or a combination of mixed infection.

Pseudo-membrane forming eyes what harm does it? Pseudo film thick-and the size ranging, can cause eyelid congestive, and height swelling, and oppression corneal around of vascular, caused corneal nutrition bad, due to corneal organization itself no vascular, corneal edema, and and can due to cloudy and effect vision; pseudo film advanced intrusion conjunctival organization deep Department, then formation freckled, can caused eyelid ball adhesion, is eyelid and eye adhesion; eyelid conjunctival was pseudo film cover, cause moist eye, clean conjunctival SAC of physiological function was damage, so easy repeatedly occurs conjunctivitis.

How to pseudo membranous conjunctivitis treated it? First of all should be in accordance with the General treatment of conjunctivitis; followed by pseudo-membrane formation in early pseudo-membrane wipe in a timely manner, once a day, when the pseudo-membrane thinning or reduced, treatment of once every other day until the eyelid swelling subsides, no pseudo-membrane formation. This course is about 1-2 week.

Pseudo membranous conjunctivitis treatment of the key is to recognize it. In children with acute conjunctivitis. If eye symptoms markedly, except pseudo-membrane conjunctivitis. Pseudo-membrane formation early general easy to split wiped, and pseudo-membrane formation after treatment of missed diagnosis cases in a timely manner, are not uncommon on the clinical, worthy of attention.

Why does not suffer from acute conjunctivitis eye cover

Acute conjunctivitis patients with conjunctival congestion, secretions and other performance, some patients have symptoms of photophobia can appear, which will cover the eyes up; some people also believe that will be covered up the eyes can make the eyes get better rest. In fact, this idea or approach is wrong. This is because, when the eye secretions increase, once covered the eyes together, stayed in conjunctival SAC makes secretions, and hinder the eye surface evaporation, resulting in the conjunctival SAC of elevated humidity but conducive to bacterial propagation. Secretion of cholestasis, conjunctival and corneal is a mechanical stimulus. Therefore, cover the eye would not make the eyes from the rest, it will increase symptoms of conjunctivitis, course extended.

Others think, eye inflammation, local hot compress can promote blood circulation, make inflammatory dissipated as soon as possible. Everyone knows, eye secretions for quite some time to do a hot compress, and about the role of covering the risk of eye is the same. Therefore, if acute conjunctivitis secretions for quite some time, do not cover the eye or eye hot compress. In addition, to conjunctival SAC coating ointment during the day, also produce and cover the eyes the same effect, and may also affect the absorption of eye drops in the conjunctival SAC. Therefore, the correct approach is fully exposed and patient eye, clean conjunctival SAC in a timely manner, avoiding secretions clustered; some eye drops during the day, before going to sleep at night eye cream coated if symptoms of photophobia obvious, wearing tinted glasses reduce stimulation.

Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the covering the whites, around the eyelids of transparent film. Newborns may be infected with bacteria in the birth canal, causing conjunctivitis, at times you may be suffering from gonorrhea, genital herpes or chlamydia infection transmitted by the mother. Older children due to virus infection is conjunctivitis diseases occurred as a result, conjunctivitis may also be one of the symptoms of hay fever.
　
Symptoms of this disease include: whites, or medial eye redness, itching or tingling of the eyelids, in the treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis, eye and eyelashes appear thick pus, enables children with eyes wide open in the morning without eyes, allergic conjunctivitis, there will be symptoms such as swelling of eyelids and eyes clear liquids.
　
Generally available antibiotic ointment or eye drops in treatment of bacterial infections, symptoms usually disappear within 1 week after the administration. Serious bacterial infections, chemicals or antibiotics for injection in the treatment with oral antibiotics, you usually have to take 6 weeks to be fully restored.
　
If not be treated for conjunctivitis, viral conjunctivitis can recover within 1 week. In order to alleviate the discomfort of allergic conjunctivitis in children with, doctors will let your child use anti-inflammatory eye drops. Normally, eyelashes in children with parents found a thick pus, leaching of subcooled boiling water the cotton wiping clean for him. To prevent the spread of the infection, after contact with the affected part of the hand, immediately wash your hands. Because viral conjunctivitis are particularly vulnerable to infection, wash clothes and towels are not available in mixed together.
　
If the conjunctivitis can immediately receive treatment in children with infant infection symptoms that occur at birth should soon disappear. Older children the inflammatory or allergic conjunctivitis, rarely harm life vision problems.