What causes pink eye?

Pink eye is also known as flare eye, that is, acute epidemic conjunctivitis. It is an acute infectious eye disease caused by infection with pneumococcus, staphylococcus, streptococcus, and Co. myrtellia or viruses. Outbreaks often occur in spring and summer.

It is an eye disease that is transmitted through contact, such as contact with used face utensils, faucets, doorknobs, swimming pool water, and common toys. To prevent pink eye, pay attention to the following:

Wear goggles before swimming to avoid eye diseases;

Towels, soap, washbasins and other daily necessities should be used separately and disinfected to avoid mutual infection;

Wash your hands frequently and take care not to wipe your eyes with your hands and sleeves;

If a family member has pink eye, if they touch the keyboard of the mobile phone or computer, other family members should remember to clean it and pay attention to hygiene when using it;

In summer, people secrete more sweat, and many people are used to wiping sweat and rubbing their eyes with their hands, which is easy to contract pink eye;

In addition, immediately after getting pink eye, do not interrupt, and continue for **1 week after the symptoms disappear, just in case**.

What causes pink eye? Pink eye is an acute infectious eye disease, and the symptoms of self-consciousness often include a foreign body sensation in the eye, a burning sensation, itching and tearing. According to different pathogenic causes, it can often be divided into two categories: bacterial conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis.

Common bacteria include Pneumococcus pneumoniae, Bacillus epidemic, Staphylococcus aureus, etc.

Generally, it is prevalent in spring and summer, and in the warm season, but it is more common in winter caused by pneumococcus pneumococcus. Common viruses include adenovirus 8, 19, 37, enterovirus 70, coxsackievirus, etc. In addition to this, chlamydia is also a cause of pink eye**.

Pink eye, also known as outbreak eye, is medically known as acute catarrhal conjunctivitis or acute epidemic conjunctivitis, which is caused by a variety of bacteria or viruses, and has the characteristics of short incubation period, rapid onset, obvious symptoms, strong infectivity, rapid transmission, and easy to cause a pandemic. Generally, it is prevalent in summer, and homes, workplaces, public baths, swimming pools, restaurants, and dance halls are all important places for the spread of pink eye.

The main bacteria that cause pink eye are staphylococcus, pneumococcus, and Corestelleria, and the common viruses are coxsackie A24 and enterovirus 70. The transmission is mainly through two ways: "affected eye, water and healthy eye" or "affected eye, hand and eye", and the former is the main way. Anything that has been contaminated with the tears or droppings of a person with red eye, such as washbasins, towels, and toys, can be transmitted to pink eye.

The incubation period of pink eye is 2 to 48 hours, and most are less than 24 hours. The main symptom is acute conjunctival hyperemia of the eye. The patient's eyes are itchy and uncomfortable, afraid of light and tears, tingling, foreign body sensation, burning sensation and serous discharge, red and swollen eyelids, and a lot of eye feces; In severe cases, the conjunctiva is highly edema, blurred vision, and some patients also have mild general malaise, fever, dizziness, headache, fatigue, preauricular lymphadenopathy and other symptoms, which generally recover gradually after a week.

After healing, vision is generally not affected, but there are also a large number of patients who are left with punctate keratitis, which can only be gradualized after a long period of pain.