In addition, children's eyes are uncomfortable, which will affect their study. It is suggested to have more rest to avoid infecting other students. However, if office workers are red-eyed all day, they will often attract the attention of concern or fear around them, which is very uncomfortable psychologically.
Avoid hot compress on eyes. If patients with acute conjunctivitis are uncomfortable in nursing, they can be relieved by ice compress instead of hot compress; Don't let water enter your eyes when washing your face.
Diet should be light, avoid spicy, fried and other foods that are easy to get angry. These foods tend to dilate blood vessels and make eyes redder and more swollen.
During the period of no swimming treatment, most activities do not need special restrictions, but it is best not to swim again until you fully recover, and reduce your access to public places to avoid others being infected. Even if you have recovered, your eyes may be sensitive. It is suggested that it will be safer to swim again after a while, about a month. In the meantime, don't rub your eyes with your hands. Once your hands touch your eyes, you must wash your hands with soap.
Eyes don't need to be bandaged and blindfolded. Some people will wrap their eyes with gauze because their eyes are red and swollen and afraid of light, which will encourage bacteria to grow in their eyes. Therefore, the red eye caused by acute conjunctivitis does not need to be bandaged or blindfolded.
Swim out of the red eye! Simple red eye will not affect vision. Simple red eye is caused by conjunctival inflammation. If you delay seeing a doctor, there will be no serious complications or sequelae except that your eyes are constantly red and swollen because of symptoms. The purpose of medical treatment is to relieve the symptoms of your eye allergy with drugs. What we are worried about is that when our eyes are uncomfortable, we will unconsciously rub our eyes, which will oppress our already fragile eyes, and the surface of dark circles will be easily injured, which may affect our vision.
Even without eye drops or ointment, red eye will naturally recover after 2 weeks. The purpose of medication is only to relieve symptoms and avoid the harm of rubbing eyes to dark circles.
Wash your hands more during inflammation. Personal belongings should be isolated. Wash your hands more when you go home after seeing a doctor. Patients' toiletries must be used separately from their families and strictly disinfected to prevent the spread of infection. Because acute conjunctivitis is highly contagious, things used by patients, including towels, handkerchiefs, washbasins, toys, stationery and tools, may become the vectors of infection.
Swim out of the red eye! Xiaoqing's mother specially used the summer vacation to help Xiaoqing, 5, enroll in a children's swimming class, but after only three days of swimming, her eyes became itchy and swollen, so she had to suspend the swimming class and hang up the eye examination. The doctor said it was acute conjunctivitis. She took medicine and ointment and went home to rest, but every few days, her mother and father also reported to the clinic one after another. It's true that one person won the prize and the whole family won the prize. Why is it easy to get so-called "pink eye" when swimming in summer? And what should parents do to prevent their children from accidentally getting acute conjunctivitis? Acute conjunctivitis! One person is infected, and the whole family is suffering in the hot summer. Facing the hot and humid climate, parents always take their children to the seaside or swimming pool to cool off. But in the process of swimming and playing with water, it is easy to cause acute conjunctivitis, the so-called "pink eye". Acute conjunctivitis is mainly transmitted through close contact between people, and it is particularly contagious. If you don't pay attention, it's easy to go from individuals and families to schools or schools.
Dr. Wang Sihong, director of ophthalmology department of Shu Tian Clinic, said that it is common to see a family member getting sick in clinic, and the whole family report to the clinic one after another, even at school. A student has acute conjunctivitis, which is easily transmitted to other students. The whole class and even the whole school are infected with acute conjunctivitis. There was a campus epidemic in China two years ago.
Acute conjunctivitis is contagious within two weeks after infection, mainly indirect infection. For example, if the patient's eyes feel uncomfortable, it is easy to rub their eyes with their hands. He touches things without washing his hands, leaving germs, and people around him will rub their eyes after touching them, so he is infected. As long as the symptoms are not completely improved, he is contagious within two weeks, so be especially careful.
Once infected with acute conjunctivitis, eyes will be red, secretions will become more, and tears will easily flow. In severe cases, there will be redness and pain around the eyes. For children who don't show themselves, the key point that parents can observe is that there will be a lot of gum in the corner of their eyes, and besides swimming infection, acute gastroenteritis and conjunctivitis will also occur due to virus infection.
Director Wang Sihong pointed out that acute conjunctivitis will not cause serious vision problems, but during the inflammation period, the eyes will feel uncomfortable and even affect the efficiency of work, class and study. Red-eye all day can also affect appearance and thus affect social activities. In addition to discomfort, there will be a great psychological burden, so prevention and treatment are very important.
Swim out of the red eye! What are the hidden crises in swimming pools and seaside? In summer, because there are more opportunities to swim in swimming pools and seaside, eyes come into contact with water, even wearing goggles can't completely avoid the threat of germs, especially there are some bacteria in seawater. As for swimming pools, bacteria may breed because of poor water quality, increasing the risk of acute conjunctivitis. In addition, there are many people swimming, and the water is not clean, or too much chlorine is added to the swimming pool. If the concentration is too high, it will cause * * * to your eyes. Although your eyes are exposed to external substances, it will
Swimming with contact lenses can easily increase the risk of infection. In addition, wearing contact lenses to play with water or swim will also increase the risk of infection. Once there was a patient swimming with contact lenses, and the amoeba invaded the eyes and ate the cornea, causing serious damage to the eyes. Follow-up treatment is quite difficult. Avoid wearing contact lenses when swimming. It is best to wear frog glasses. At least there are some barriers to reduce the chance of infection.
Swim out of the red eye! Matters needing attention before and after swimming. Whether swimming at the seaside or in the swimming pool, you should take precautions. There are several key points to pay attention to when choosing a swimming pool:
* Whether the environment is ventilated, clean and hygienic.
* The manufacturer must publish the residual chlorine in the water, and the chlorine content in the water cannot exceed the standard stipulated by the Health Bureau.
* The water in the swimming pool should look transparent and clear.
* It is best to avoid crowded time periods.
* It can be noted that the water quality will be better on the day of changing water, but we should also pay attention to whether the chlorine concentration in the water will be high after changing water. If you add too much chlorine, it will have a very pungent smell, and it is best to avoid it.
* The Health Bureau will publish the list of unqualified swimming pools on the website. Parents can check online in advance to avoid taking their children to swim in these pools.
As for swimming at the seaside, because the sea is salty and windy, these will cause a sense of * * * to the eyes, so we should pay special attention to the process of swimming and paddling. After swimming and playing with water, you must do a good job of cleaning. You can wash your eyes with clean water. If the eyes are uncomfortable, it is recommended to clean the eye surface with normal saline. If your eyes are a little red, swollen and hot because of contact with the outside world, you should use ice to relieve them, and try to avoid light and heat. You can wear sunglasses when you go out to avoid sunlight and dust. If you don't get better for a period of time, your eyes are still red and swollen, or even more serious, and you have a feeling of foreign body and itching, you should consult an ophthalmologist for further examination and treatment.
Swim out of the red eye! Cleanliness of eyes and surrounding environment is very important. In addition, eyes must be kept clean during the treatment. Because of acute conjunctivitis, conjunctiva will be red, swollen and congested, and eye secretions will increase, especially when bacterial infection occurs. If excessive secretions are not removed, it is easy to form a gray-yellow film on the conjunctiva surface. In severe cases, the membrane will penetrate into the conjunctival epidermal cells and stick tightly, which will easily lead to conjunctival bleeding during the removal process, and conjunctival secretions contain a large number of pathogenic bacteria.
Therefore, patients must do a good job of cleaning and nursing, carefully remove secretions and keep their eyes clean. It is suggested that the eyes can be washed with normal saline or artificial tears, and then combined with some therapeutic potions, which can get better symptom relief effect.
In the process of treatment, we should cooperate with doctors to prescribe drugs on time to relieve the discomfort caused by symptoms, and we must use drugs according to the doctor's advice and choose therapeutic drugs. Antibiotic eye drops have a good effect on bacterial conjunctivitis, but have no effect on viral conjunctivitis, but they can prevent infection. Generally, you should drop 1 ~ 2 drops of eye drops once in the acute phase, and apply eye ointment again before going to bed. If the symptoms are serious, the doctor will prescribe a compound potion containing antibiotics and steroids. This potion must be used under the guidance of a doctor, and mild eye drops should be used when the symptoms are relieved.
The average course of acute conjunctivitis is 1 ~ 2 weeks. Eye drops are mainly used to relieve discomfort and are not helpful to shorten the course of disease. Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with the doctor, take the medicine according to the doctor's advice on time, and change the medicine or stop the medicine in time. Don't ask another doctor to diagnose and prescribe medicine just because the symptoms don't get better after one or two eye drops, or even because you change doctors several times a day and finally order five or six kinds of eye drops.
Swim out of the red eye! You can't buy eye drops for your own use. In addition, you can't buy potions for your own use. It is best to give it by an ophthalmologist, because other eye diseases will also have symptoms similar to red eye, such as corneal ulcer and iritis. It is difficult to accurately judge the symptoms and then prescribe the right medicine.
It takes about two weeks for acute conjunctivitis to be completely cured, and it is no longer contagious. As for the relief of symptoms, it takes 3 to 4 days at the earliest, or it may be delayed as long as possible, for several weeks. If the patient's condition does not get better after treatment with household potions and ointments, or has obvious systemic symptoms, such as headache and fever, he should see a doctor immediately.
Children are hard to find magic medicine. What should parents do? Children's eye drops are poorly coordinated and may need two people to do it together. Parents should not be impatient. If the child is unwilling to open his eyes when ordering medicine, he can still let the medicine in as long as he pulls down his lower eyelid.
Swim out of the red eye! Computer people, low-headed people, high risk of red eye. To prevent pink eye disease, we must have a normal routine, including balanced nutrition, adequate sleep, avoiding staying up late, good body resistance and enough rest time for our eyes. Naturally, they have good resistance and can reduce the chance of eye infection. People who usually catch a cold have a higher chance of eye infection than the average person.
In addition, Director Wang Sihong specially reminded computer users and low-headed people that if their eyes are often in a state of fatigue, they are more prone to redness or pain and problems. In addition to washing hands more, we should also pay attention to the cleanliness of mobile phones, especially during the period of eye inflammation, mobile phones may accumulate a large number of germs, and others may be infected with a little contact.
Swimming and playing in the water in summer is the favorite of many adults and children. While enjoying this vibrant season, we should also be vigilant and take precautions to avoid being spoiled by acute conjunctivitis and even affecting the summer activities of the whole family. In case of accidental infection, you must follow the doctor's advice, clean your eyes and do a good job of personal hygiene to avoid being influenced by friends and relatives around you.
Wang Sihong is currently the president of Demei Clinic, the chief ophthalmologist of Urology and Ophthalmology Clinic, and the legal person of Bank Medical Association. Education: Department of Medicine, National Yangming Medical College. Experience: Former attending ophthalmologist of Taipei Rongzong, ophthalmologist of the Republic of China, member of the Ophthalmology Society of the Republic of China, and member of American Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).