What causes purulent endophthalmitis?

Purulent endophthalmitis is inflammation and abscess formation caused by the invasion of pathogenic bacteria into the vitreous. It is the most common intraocular purulent inflammation in clinical practice, which is a dangerous disease, develops rapidly, and greatly destroys eye tissue and visual function. If left untimely, inflammation can develop into the sclera, extraocular fascia, and orbital tissue.

Therefore, it is one of the main diseases that require emergency treatment in ophthalmology. Purulent endophthalmitis can be treated with antibiotics**. Septic endophthalmitis is a serious condition and is a common blinding eye disease, and the key is to do it according to the symptoms**.

Systemic and topical antibiotics are used, and susceptibility testing results are available, and susceptible antibiotics are selected**. With intravenous drip, subconjunctival injection, intravitreal injection, and eye drops, surgery can be performed on a case-by-case basis**. Purulent endophthalmitis is caused by inflammation and abscess formation caused by pathogenic bacteria invading the vitreous, which is the most common intraocular purulent inflammation in clinical practice.

If not timely, inflammation can develop to the sclera, extraocular fascia and orbital tissue, so ophthalmology requires emergency treatment.

Purulent endophthalmitis, also known as infective endophthalmitis, refers to a disease caused by a pathogen infection, with vitreous inflammation and anterior chamber inflammation as the main changes. **Usually bacterial infection, but can also be caused by diseases such as tuberculosis, syphilis, fungi, and immunodeficiency. This condition is common in eye trauma, after internal eye surgery, etc.

It is a serious eye disease. Once this happens, antibiotics should be given to the local organism as soon as possible. In addition, antibiotics can be injected into the eye area to minimize eye inflammation and maintain visual function.

Replacement of purulent endophthalmitis** is generally caused by conjunctivitis.

Itchy eyes, red and painful eyes, more eye feces, sore eyes, sore and sore eyes.

Disease analysis: Conjunctivitis is a general term for the inflammatory reaction of conjunctival tissue under the action of external and body-specific factors. Although the impact of conjunctivitis itself on vision is generally not severe, when the inflammation affects the cornea or causes complications, it is better to diagnose and treat it aggressively with cortisone and ophthalmic fluids such as chloramphenicol and tobramycin**.

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The symptoms of eye inflammation should be determined according to the inflamed part, generally the eyelids are inflamed, often a stye, usually there will be redness, swelling, pain, and a lump will be touched, and the pain will be aggravated when the lump is touched. If inflammation of the conjunctiva occurs, conjunctival hyperemia, edema, discharge, or tearing may occur; If inflammation of the cornea occurs, photophobia, tearing, congestion around the dark eyeballs, and decreased vision will occur; If iris cyclitis occurs, there will be symptoms such as eye pain, photophobia, tears, decreased vision, blurred vision, and unclearness, so the inflammation of the eyes has different symptoms according to the different parts of the inflammation, and the general infectious inflammation will have symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain.

There is a lot of eye droppings, and the eyes are relatively red when they are up.

1.Exogenous endophthalmitis: often caused by penetrating eye injury, internal eye surgery, corneal ulcer perforation, and direct entry of pathogenic bacteria into the eye.

Ocular penetrating wounds, such as small perforating wounds (injection needle tip puncture wounds, wire puncture wounds, etc.), plant puncture wounds (reeds, bamboo sticks, etc.) or the presence of intraocular foreign bodies, are most likely to cause endophthalmitis; Infection of the inner eye after surgery such as cataract surgery and glaucoma surgery is more common. Common pathogenic bacteria include Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus. In addition, Staphylococcus epidermidis and P. acnes are often the causative bacteria of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.

Fungal infections often occur in vegetative penetrating eye injuries.

2.Endogenous endophthalmitis: It is caused by bacteria or fungi spreading into the eye through blood circulation, also known as metastatic endophthalmitis.

It is more likely to occur in immunodeficiency, use of immunosuppressants, long-term use of antibiotics, diabetes, chronic renal failure, liver disease, oral infection, postoperative tumor, endocarditis, etc. Common pathogenic bacteria are staphylococcus, streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, etc. The most common pathogenic fungus is Candida albicans.

The most common is redness or swelling, just like aliens.