In this article, we will tell you what symptoms are characterized by conjunctivitis in children of different ages, and what includes the treatment of this ailment, depending on its nature.
Symptoms of the disease in children
Regardless of the age of the child, this disease is almost always accompanied by the following symptoms:
- thread and the feeling of sand in the eyes;
- increased sensitivity to light;
- redness of the eyes, swelling;
- gluing of eyelids after a long stay with closed eyes, for example, sleep;
- the appearance on the eyelids of yellow crusts;
- purulent discharge from the organs of vision in the bacterial form of the disease;
- decreased or no appetite;
- sleep disorders.
In addition, older children additionally experience symptoms such as vision impairment, as well as burning and other uncomfortable sensations in the eyes. Since a very small child can not tell his parents about how he feels, conjunctivitis is determined exclusively by outward manifestations in such babies, and by the fact that the baby is unusually sluggish and capricious.
Treatment of bacterial conjunctivitis in children
If the cause of the disease lies in the bacterial damage of the child's body, the child necessarily has purulent discharge from one or both organs of vision. Under such circumstances, the use of local antibiotics is mandatory. Usually in this category, drugs such as levomycetin droplets and tetracycline ointment are used.
Additionally, Albucid drops are used in the treatment of purulent conjunctivitis in children. It should be understood that in some cases, this ailment can be one of the manifestations of serious diseases. If the measures taken do not bring the desired result, and all the unpleasant signs of the disease persist, you need to contact the ophthalmologist as soon as possible to conduct a detailed examination and prescribe appropriate treatment.
Treatment of viral conjunctivitis in children
In the viral nature of the disease, the baby's eyes turn red and swell, but at the same time nothing stands out from them. Antibiotic therapy in this case, as a rule, makes no sense. For the treatment of this form of the disease, medicines with an antiviral effect, for example, drops Aktipol, Poludan or Trifluridin are used. In addition, if the virus has a herpetic etiology, Ointments such as Acyclovir or Zovirax are often used.
Since it is not possible to determine the nature of the disease and, especially, the nature of the virus at home, treatment of this form of conjunctivitis in toddlers is carried out only according to the doctor's prescription.
Treatment of allergic conjunctivitis in children
Allergic inflammation of the conjunctiva occurs with adverse effects on the child's body of a certain allergen. It can be a coat of domestic animals, and ordinary dust, and pollen of plants, and much more. To treat this form of the disease was effective,
To ease the condition of the crumbs, various antihistamines are additionally used in this case , for example, Zirtek, Kromogeksal or Allergodil.
It should be borne in mind that in some cases this disease can lead to severe consequences, up to the loss of vision. That is why the treatment of conjunctivitis in children, especially at the age of up to one year, should be carried out under the supervision and supervision of an ophthalmologist.