Eye Infections And Solutions

The types of eye diseases are very diverse, there are infectious and noninfectious. Infectious eye disease because it is caused by a virus or bacteria, while caused by allergies will not be contagious.

Eye diseases are caused by allergies (not contagious), healing can be done with regular medication and also should keep their eyes from being exposed to sources that cause eye pain, such as dust, dander, and smoke.

Here are the various types of eye diseases, both infectious and non-infectious:

1. Conjunctivitis (INFECTIOUS)

is irritation / inflammation from infection of the membrane lining the eye. Symptoms eye becomes red, painful, watery, itchy, out impurities, and blurred vision. This type of eye disease easily transmitted and can last for months. Eye disease is caused by several factors, such as viral or bacterial infection, allergies (dust, pollen, feathers, wind, or smoke), the use of contact lenses that are less clean, and long-term contact lens wear.

Babies can also suffer from similar diseases. It's just that it was more due to an infection that occurs when passing through the birth canal. Because of that, in infants this disease called gonococcal conjunctivitis. As is known, the birth canal is not sterile from certain bacteria that might cause infection.

Well, when the baby is born through the birth canal (vagina), he would be exposed to germs that exist in that location. If the eyes can cause eye infection with symptoms of red eye and out the dirt. Therefore, in the eyes of newborns generally be etched with eye drops or ointment antibiotics to kill bacteria that can cause gonococcal conjunctivitis.

Handling:

• Compress the eyes with warm water.
• Use eye drops or ointment antibiotics as prescribed. Usually the patient is also given tablets or injections to reduce irritation and itching of the eyes.
• Clean your hands before applying the ointment so as not to cause more severe irritation.
• Try to keep the disease does not spread to others, such as separating the tools that are used and not used by others.

2. Keratokonjungtivitas Vernalis (KV)

is irritation / inflammation of the cornea (cornea) caused by allergies that cause pain. Symptoms: red eyes, watery, itchy, swollen eyelids, and eye occurs dirt. Please note that KV is a recurring inflammation and alias seasonal sufferers tend to recur, especially in the summer. Sometimes people KV suffered damage to a small portion of the cornea that causes acute pain.

Handling:

• Do not touch or rub the eye as this can cause irritation
• Eyes compressed with warm water.
• Your doctor will give you eye drops.

3. Endophthalmitis

An infection that occurs in the inner lining of the eye so that the eye ball fester. Symptoms include red eyes, pain, and even impaired vision. Usually occurs because the eyes punctured something like a stick or other sharp objects. This infection is severe enough to have to be addressed because it can cause blindness.

Handling:

• Doctors usually prescribe antibiotic eye.
• To remove the pus that is in the eye, the patient should undergo surgery.

4. Orbital cellulitis (SO)

which is an inflammation of the tissues around the eyeball. Symptoms include red eyes, pain, swollen eyelids, eyeballs bulging and swollen, and the patient has a fever. SO in children often occurs due to an eye injury, sinus infection or infection from the teeth. Definitive diagnosis can be established through dental x-ray or CT scan sinus. SO that is not addressed promptly can be fatal, such as blindness, brain infection or blood clots in the brain.

Handling:

• For cases of mild antibiotics can be administered orally.
• In severe cases given antibiotics through a vein or even surgery to remove the pus or infected sinuses drain.

5. Trachoma (INFECTIOUS)

is an infection of the eye caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. These bacteria breed in dirty environments or where sanitation is not good. Because of that, trachoma often affects children, especially in developing countries. The exposure of bacteria takes place when children use tools or objects that have been contaminated with Chlamydia as a handkerchief or towel.

Trachoma symptoms are red eyes, remove dirt, eyelid swelling and lymph nodes, and corneas seem murky. The disease is highly contagious.

Handling:

• Keep the tool / object is used patients from other family members.
• Patients will usually be given an antibiotic ointment containing tetracycline and erythromycin for about a month or even more.
• If not addressed promptly can lead to the formation of scar tissue in the cornea, causing the eyelashes to fold inward and visual impairment occur.
• If there is deformity of the eyelids or cornea surgery may need to be done.

6. Blefaritis

In the eye there is a functioning tear film protects the eyeball from irritation. A very fine layer consists of three nodes, namely the oil glands, water and mucus. Well, blefaritis is an inflammation of the eyelids due to the excess production of oil from the oil glands. It is not known exactly why the oil production could be redundant. Unfortunately there is excess oil near the eyelid that is often visited by bacteria.

Symptoms people with blefaritis is red eyes, pain, heat, itchy, watery, no cuts in the eyelid and swollen. In some cases until there is loss of eyelashes. There are two types of blefaritis (ie, blefaritis anterior and blefaritis posterior). The first is an inflammation of the outer part of the eyelid where the eyelashes attach. The cause is the bacterium Staphylococcus. The second is the inflammation of the inner eyelid, which is the eyelid that comes in contact with eyes. The cause is a disorder of the oil glands.

Handling:

• One of the ways you can do that is by frequently cleaning around the eyelids to lift oil. There is a kind of special cleaners that can be used.
• To kill the bacteria used antibiotic ointment such as erythromycin or sulfacetamide. Can also with oral antibiotics such as tetracycline.

7. Drakriosistitis

Dakriosistitis is the cause blockages in the ducts that drain nasolakrimalis the tear duct into the nose. Allergic factors that cause blockage in the channel. The result is an infection around the tear sac painful, red and swollen, and can even remove the pus and the patient has a fever.

Mild infections will usually recover quickly although still no swelling. Meanwhile, a relatively severe dakriosistitis can cause redness of the eyes and thickening in the tear sac. If this continues it will be able to form pockets of pus.

Handling:

• By way of oral antibiotics or intravenous administration.
• Can be done with warm water compress around the tear sac
• If there is pus sac surgery should be performed.

8. Corneal ulcers (UK)

Is an infection of the outer cornea. It usually occurs due to fungi, viruses, protozoa or because some types of bacteria, such as Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas or pneumococcus. Initial cause could have punctured the eye smth or foreign objects. UK sometimes occurs throughout the corneal surface to the inside and back of the cornea. UK worsening infection can cause complications in the deeper parts of the cornea, corneal perforation (hole occurs), the location of iris abnormalities (iris) and eye damage.

Symptoms of red eye, pain, itching, watery eyes appear dirt, sensitive to light (photo phobia), on the cornea appear whitish yellow pus spots, and vision problems.

Handling:

• Patient UK needs to perform a variety of tests such as refraction test, tear test, measurement of the cornea (keratometri), and pupillary reflex response tests.
• UK light levels can be treated with eye drops containing antibiotics, antiviral or antifungal.
• Patients were classified as severe may require corneal transplant surgery ie.

Eye infections can be transmitted through a view? Things like this may often hear, if there are people who are sick should have to wear eye sunglasses so as not contagious. Otherwise healthy people barred look at the eyes of people who are sick, because it could be infected.

It is a myth that does not make sense. Actual transmission of sore eyes because there are germs are spread through the hands of likes rubbed his eyes. Hand part of the body most often come into contact with foreign objects such as paper towels, door handles, locks, glasses and plates. Germs are attached to these objects can infect the eyes if hands are not touching your eyes in a clean state.

An ophthalmologist from RS PGI Cikini, Indonesia, Dr. Gilbert recommends, do not often touch the eye. Eye contains nerve cells and muscle is very sensitive. So, a little disturbance on the outside or on the eyes will cause watering eyes. Especially when it comes to inflammation, the eye will be swollen and reddened.

"Even if forced to rub his eyes, rub with the back hand. Because that section is less contact with objects contaminated with germs," said Dr. Gilbert.

Rubbed his eyes also should not be frequent. Close your eyes and let the tears that will clean the dirt in the eye. Tears contain lysozyme and immunoglobulins, substances derived from the immune system to kill the germs that stick in the eye.

"Applying eye with boorwater will cause these immune substances to dilute concentrations in tears. Actually washing face with clean water is enough," said Dr. Gilbert.

Dr. Gilbert also urged to familiarize not compress the eye with steeping water betel leaf causes prone to eye infections. Which is safer to wash the eyes with water that has been cooked and obviously it clean and do not contain bacteria.

Trachoma is a bacterial infection that affects the eyes. Trachoma bacteria spread through direct contact with the eyes, eyelids, or nose of people who are infected. This bacterium is contagious, and also always affects both eyes. If not treated immediately, it can lead to trachoma blindness. Data from the WHO, approximately 8 million people in the world are blind due to bacterial trachoma.

- Cause

Trachoma is caused by certain subtypes, namely Chlamydia trachomatis, these bacteria can also cause sexually transmitted diseases. Trachoma is spread through contact with discharge from the eyes or nose of people who are infected. These bacteria can also be spread through hands, clothes, towels and insects.

- Symptoms in the eye

The main signs and symptoms in the early stages of trachoma is itching and eye mucus or pus. When this situation has been deteriorating eye will show signs such as:

1. Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
2. Blurred vision
3. Eye pain

- Treatment of trachoma

Contact your doctor immediately if you or your child feel itching, irritation or discharge from the eyes, especially if you have recently traveled to an area affected trachoma outbreak.

Treatment depends on the stage of the disease trachoma. In the early stages of trachoma affected eye will usually be given antibiotics alone. Drugs that are commonly used are shaped ointment, such as tetracycline and azitromisinoral (Zithromax). Surgery is the treatment of late stages of trachoma, which may require surgery on the eye.

When are born, Babies indeed has a risk exposed to germs disease or infection. One of them is an infection eye. Recognize symptoms of-its symptoms, in order that action could soon be taken for minimize risk.

On process natural childbirth, baby risky exposed to multifarious germs diseases existing in the road was born. If by chance the mother has an infection in her vagina, then the germs, such as viruses or bacteria, in such areas could cause an infection in the baby's eyes.

Recognize the symptoms of eye infection in infants:

• Eyes baby looks swollen and red from inflamed.
• Generally accompanied by fluid / discharge form smelling pus from the eye
• Eyelids red

What to do if your baby has these symptoms, you should do is immediately treat eye infections your baby so that the risks can be minimized.

• Clean the baby's eyes with cotton that has been dyed warm water. Use cotton round pieces of cotton that is not the baby's eyes. Navigate from the center of the eye outward. Replace the cotton each time cleaning and for each eye.

• Consult a doctor to the baby's eyes. To determine the cause, your doctor may perform a physical examination and laboratory on eye secretions or fluids. If the cause is bacterial, your doctor will prescribe antibiotic eye drops or ointment.

But there are other conditions that cause eye secretions or cut up there. Secretions can also occur due to anatomical disorder, which blocked tear duct. This condition causes tears flooded, so the dust floating in the air attached to the baby's eyes. The difference is, the eyes just looked and there are always watery secretions, not like pus, especially in the morning.