How can I tell if I have conjunctivitis? What are the symptoms of conjunctivitis?

The eyes are often watery, the eye discharge is very much, the eyes look very red, and the eyes are often swollen or dry, 80% of them are conjunctivitis.

Feeling that the affected eyes are itchy like a foreign body, and in severe cases, there are heavy eyelids, photophobia, tearing and burning sensation, and sometimes the discharge is attached to the pupil area on the surface of the cornea, resulting in temporary blurred vision, and vision can be restored after irrigation. When the lesion invades the cornea, symptoms such as photophobia, eye pain, and vision loss may be significantly aggravated, and a small number of patients may have upper respiratory tract infection or other systemic symptoms at the same time.

On examination, the eyelids are swollen and the conjunctival hyperemia is bright red, with the most prominent conjunctiva in the eyelids and fornix. The surface of the severe conjunctiva can be covered with a pseudomembrane that is easy to rub off, so it is also called pseudomembranous conjunctivitis; The bulbar conjunctiva is hyperemamic, loses transparency, and is covered by mucosal or purulent discharge on the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva, palpebral margin, etc.

Examination of conjunctival scrapings and secretion smears stained by Gram and Giemsa stains reveals a large number of neutrophils and bacteria under the microscope. Bacterial cultures and drug susceptibility testing should be done if necessary, and blood cultures should be obtained in patients with systemic symptoms.

Diagnosis is based on clinical findings, tests such as a smear of discharge or a conjunctival scraping.

The differential diagnosis is not difficult to diagnose in times of pandemic, but it can be confused with conjunctivitis caused by bacteria or other viruses at the beginning of an epidemic or in sporadic cases.

It is also necessary to distinguish it from several common acute conjunctivitis: acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, etc.

**Secretion smears or conjunctival scrapings are done early and at the peak of illness to identify the causative organism and to do susceptibility testing. In patients with heavy secretions, the conjunctival sac can be flushed with 0.3 percent boronic acid solution or normal saline. According to different pathogens, a variety of antibiotic eye drops are used, such as 10% sodium sulfalamide, 0.25% chloramphenicol, 0.5% to 1% erythromycin solution or neomycin, etc., every 2 3 hours or every 1 hour according to the severity of the disease; Antibiotic ointment, such as 0.54 percent of the ointment, erythromycin, or chlortetracycline, is applied before bedtime to prevent the eyelids from sticking and to allow the drug to remain in the conjunctival sac for a longer period of time.

Concurrent keratitis should be treated as keratitis. **To be timely, thoroughly, prevent**.

Beifushu is a prescription drug for corneal repair, which is only sold in hospitals, and you can buy ** anti-inflammatory and dry eye drops in pharmacies.

Go to the hospital for a check-up to determine the best, and you can't judge it yourself.

Hello, your symptom description does not seem to be a symptom of conjunctivitis, it is recommended to seek medical examination in time to avoid delaying the condition.

In the early stage of the disease, the patient feels that the eyes are hot, burning, photophobia, and red, and the eyes are painful, and the pain is unbearable like entering the sand, followed by the eyelids are red and swollen, afraid of light, and tearful, and when they get up in the morning, the eyelids are often stuck by secretions, and it is not easy to open. In some patients, small hemorrhagic spots or hemorrhagic spots appear on the conjunctiva, and the discharge is mucopurulent, sometimes forming a gray-white pseudomembrane on the surface of the conjunctiva, and there may be gray-white infiltration spots on the corneal edge.

Eye drops**, sold in hospitals.

Acute bacterial conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis are generally contagious, while allergic conjunctivitis is generally not contagious. Bacterial conjunctivitis is generally characterized by a large amount of purulent discharge; In contrast, viral conjunctivitis has relatively thin secretions; Allergic conjunctivitis is typically characterized by pronounced or even extremely itchy eyes.

This can only be confirmed according to the doctor's examination, and it is not a casual judgment.

Conjunctivitis symptoms

Conjunctivitis, it is an eye disease, and its causes are relatively many, so in fact, his symptoms are also more obvious, let's take a look at what the symptoms of conjunctivitis are.

Conjunctivitis symptoms

1. Edema

Conjunctival edema is also a relatively common symptom, at this time, the inflammation of conjunctivitis will cause the blood vessels in your conjunctiva to dilate, and it can easily lead to kidney deficiency. The tissues are edema, and it may also cause the conjunctiva of the eye, the eyeball and some tissues to relax, especially when the eye is edema, it will be very prominent.

2. Congestion

The conjunctiva may become congested because congestion around one's own blood vessels causes the eye to become red, reticulated over the eyeball, very bright red, and may also form a diffuse congestion around the inside and periphery of the eye.

3. Foreign body sensation

The eyes will often have a foreign body feeling, always feel that there is something in their eyes, and at the same time, they will be accompanied by a relatively strong burning sensation in the eyes, their eyelids feel very heavy, the eyes are difficult to open, and the secretions of the eyes will increase, when this lesion deepens, he may also affect the cornea of the eyes, He Tan shouted that for example, there will be photophobia or tears, and at the same time, there may be a decrease in vision.

The symptoms of conjunctivitis are actually relatively simple and clear, and generally speaking, there are more symptoms to see, so Xinyuan, you must pay attention to the maintenance of your eyes in life.

It is possible that you have keratitis and acute conjunctivitis, so it is recommended to go to the hospital to destroy the diagnosis.

Symptoms of conjunctivitis: red eyes, red eyelids, and swollen eyelids; itchy and burning sensation in the eyes; lacrimation or overflowing tears; When I wake up in the morning, I have a lot of secretions and it is difficult to open my eyes. **Anti-inflammatory eye solutions such as levofloxacin ophthalmic solution can be used.

After keratitis, at first there is only a foreign body rubbing sensation in the eye, and occasionally there is a tingling or burning sensation in the eye. Red eyes, photophobia, tearing, unable to open eyes, conjunctival edema in severe cases. For bacterial keratitis, antimicrobial eye drops and ointments are used. At present, the commonly used eye drops for children are Tobax ophthalmic solution, rifampicin ophthalmic ointment, Amway ophthalmic solution, and eye ointment erythromycin ophthalmic ointment, chlortetracycline ophthalmic ointment and Dikoro ophthalmic ointment.

For viral keratitis, acyclovir eye drops, herpes eye drops, and antene eye drops can be used.