Inflammation of the mucous membrane surrounding the eyeball requires timely and effective therapy. It often provokes the development of severe concomitant diseases and various complications. But before treating conjunctivitis, you need to determine its shape. Bacterial, viral and allergic type of the disease requires a special approach and a set of medications that are active against a particular pathogen.
How to treat bacterial and viral conjunctivitis?
If pathogenic and pyogenic microorganisms are the cause of the inflammatory process, the use of antibiotics is required. Depending on the variety of microbes, their number and potential danger, an ophthalmologist can prescribe systemic or topical use of drugs, as well as a combination of both forms. Choosing what to treat purulent bacterial conjunctivitis , the doctor necessarily conducts a preliminary analysis of the biological material that is separated from the eyes. This study allows you to find out the causative agent of the disease, its sensitivity to the main groups of antibiotics.
As a rule, antimicrobial drops are used in the therapy of this conjunctivitis:
- Levomycetin;
- Tobrex ;
- Oftakwix;
- Floxal;
- Cipromed;
- Normax;
- Albucid.
Also used are ointments:
- tetracycline;
- erythromycin;
- Tobrex;
- Eubetal;
- Colbiocin.
Systemic antibiotics are prescribed only by an ophthalmologist.
With viral conjunctivitis, such medications are useless and even dangerous, since they suppress the immune system and deprive the body of the ability to fight the causative agent of the disease.
In this case, it is advisable to use antiviral drops with recombinant human interferon:
- Poludan;
- Ophthalmuron;
- Actipol;
- Trifluridine;
- Berafor.
- Ointments with a similar action:
- Florenal;
- Bonaphoton;
- tebrofenic.
If the cause of conjunctivitis is the herpes virus, the therapy should be supplemented with special medications:
- Acyclovir;
- Zovirax;
- Virolex.
After attaching a bacterial infection, antibacterial agents will have to be used.
How to treat conjunctivitis at home?
Adherents of natural methods of therapy avoid the use of antibiotics and antiviral drugs, referring to their toxicity and a large number of side effects. However, before treating conjunctivitis with folk remedies, it is important to check their safety, as well as the propensity of their own organism for allergic reactions.
Ophthalmologists are skeptical about homemade drops and ointments based on herbs and bee products. Such drugs are weak, contributing to the progression of the disease and its transition to a chronic form, cause allergies. The only recommended folk remedy is washing the eyes with strong tea (black or green without additives).
How to treat chronic allergic conjunctivitis?
Warn the aggravation of this form of pathology is possible only by eliminating any contact with irritants. This does not always work, so it's important to start antihistamine therapy on time:
1. Taking allergy pills:
- Zirtek;
- Loratadine;
- Cetrin;
- Claritin;
- Telfast and others.
2. Use of drops:
- Lecrolin;
- Allergodyl;
- Histimet;
- Opatanol.
In severe cases, an ophthalmologist may prescribe corticosteroid medications, but a short course.
How many days to treat conjunctivitis?
The duration of therapy is very individual and depends not only on the form of the disease, but also on the activity of the human immune system. On average, the treatment of conjunctivitis takes about 3 weeks, but can last up to 2 months.