What Is Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis)? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Pink eye is a very common eye problem, especially in children. But with proper management, it rarely causes long-term vision damage.
Common Questions & Answers
粉红色眼的征兆和症状
- Pink or red discoloration in the white of one or both eyes
- Pain in one or both eyes that can include itching, burning, or a gritty feeling
- Watery or gritty discharge from one or both eyes that may cause your eyelids to be stuck together when you wake up in the morning
- Swollen eyelids
- Excessive tearing
- 对明亮光的敏感性
Causes and Risk Factors of Pink Eye
有几种类型的结膜炎,每种都有不同的原因。这些包括:
Infectious Conjunctivitis
这种类型是由细菌或更常见的病毒感染引起的。它在人之间迅速传播。
Staphylococcal或者链球菌bacteria usually cause bacterial conjunctivitis. Infection can be spread through person-to-person contact, hand-to-eye contact, or eye contact with a contaminated object such as makeup or contact lenses.
Allergic Conjunctivitis
这种类型往往发生在通常得到的人中allergies当眼睛暴露于引起过敏反应的触发因素或过敏原时,就会发生。
The most common form of allergic conjunctivitis is seasonal. It’s triggered by mold spores or pollen from flowering trees, grass, and weeds.
Irritant or Chemical Conjunctivitis
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
How Is Pink Eye Diagnosed?
A doctor or eye care professional can usually diagnose conjunctivitis — and which type you have — through an eye exam.
在考试期间,您的医生可能会问您是否经历了症状,例如:
- Itching
- Pain
- Discharge from the eye
- 模糊的视野
- Runny nose
- 发烧
- Sore throat
- Moderate to severe eye pain
- Intense redness in the eye
- 对光线或模糊视力的敏感性,即使一旦将任何放电擦掉
- A weakened immune system, such as fromHIV或者cancer treatment
Is It Conjunctivitis or Something Else?
与粉红色眼睛有关的许多症状与其他眼睛条件重叠。
Getting your eyes checked and being properly diagnosed is the key to getting the treatment that you need as soon as possible.
粉红色眼睛的持续时间
Treatment and Medication Options for Pink Eye
The treatment you need for conjunctivitis depends on what caused it.
Treatment for Bacterial Conjunctivitis
病毒结膜炎的治疗
没有治疗病毒感染的治疗方法。它必须运行其路线,这可能需要大约两到三周。
过敏性结膜炎的治疗
与任何过敏反应一样,去除和避免过敏原是治疗的第一步。
治疗刺激性结膜炎
有粉红色眼睛的家庭疗法吗?
眼药水被称为人造眼泪的非处方润滑剂滴通常用于缓解眼睛的刺激和发红。它们还可以帮助慢性结膜炎引起的干燥。如果您的结膜炎与过敏有关,抗组胺药眼滴可以减少瘙痒或发红并缓解watery eyes。
预防粉红色眼睛
为了防止过敏或刺激性的粉红色眼睛,您需要弄清楚是什么触发结膜炎,并将其删除或避免。
- Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.
- Avoid hand-to-eye contact.
- Change your pillowcases often.
- Wash linens and towels in hot water and detergent.
- Never share eye cosmetics or personal eye-care items.
- Never use the same eye-drop dispenser for an infected and a noninfected eye.
- Keep eyeglasses clean.
- Wash your hands often with soap and warm water and wash them especially after cleaning, or applying eye drops or ointment to, your infected eye.
- Avoid touching your eyes.
- 用干净的湿毛巾或新鲜的棉球每天几次从眼睛周围清洗排放。将棉球和洗涤毛巾与热水和清洁剂处置。确保然后用肥皂和温水再次洗手。
- 不要将相同的眼睛滴分配器或瓶子用于感染和未感染的眼睛。
- 在热水和洗涤剂中,通常用洗碗液和毛巾将其洗净。
- Don’t wear contacts lenses until your eye doctor gives you the okay.
- Clean your glasses.
- 不要共享枕头,毛巾,毛巾,眼滴,眼睛或面部化妆,化妆刷,隐形眼镜或眼镜。
- Don’t use swimming pools.
- 处理眼睛感染时使用的任何化妆品。
- Get rid of disposable contact lenses and lens solutions that you used when you had pink eye.
- 清洁您在感染时使用的延长搭配隐形眼镜和眼镜。
Complications of Pink Eye
Research and Statistics: Who Gets Pink Eye?
病毒结膜炎占所有急性感染性粉红色眼睛的80%。然而,细菌结膜炎是儿童最常见的原因。
Allergic conjunctivitis affects up to 40 percent of the population, most frequently occurring in spring and summer months.
Related Conditions and Causes of Pink Eye
Conjunctivitis has been associated with certain conditions, including psoriatic disease, the removal of enlarged adenoids, and性传播疾病(STD)。
Psoriatic Disease
Psoriasis和psoriatic arthritisare autoimmune disorders in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells and tissues. Though they are most commonly associated with skin and joint pain, these conditions can affect other parts of the body.
When a银屑病眼睛周围发生爆炸,眼睑和睫毛变成红色和硬皮,并被鳞片覆盖。当眼睑的轮辋掉下来,睫毛摩擦在眼球上时,可能会发生进一步的刺激。
Learn More About Eye Problems and Psoriatic Arthritis
Adenoid Removal (Adenoidectomy)
Research suggests that tonsil (tonsillectomy)和去除腺样体(称为腺样体切除术) are associated with certain allergic and infectious diseases.
Adenoid glands at the back of the nasal passage help prevent bacteria and viruses from entering the body through the nose. If they become too large, they can causesinus或者breathing problems and may require removal.
Learn More About an Adenoidectomy
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Resources We Love
Favorite Organizations for Essential Pink Eye Info
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Learn the fundamentals of pink eye from the professional medical association of ophthalmologists (medical doctors who specialize in eye care). The site displays some visual examples of conjunctivitis, as well as quick home remedies.
AOA看着红眼的基本方面, including causes, diagnosis, and treatment. Because goodhygieneis one of the best ways to control conjunctivitis, the association instructs readers on best practices to prevent this inflammation.
The College of Optometrists highlights guidelines on the diagnosis and management on a type of conjunctivitis that occurs in newborns within the first month of life. The cause is a sexually transmitted disease in a parent. The site discusses diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC提供深入了解原因,treatments, and the different types of pink eye, including viral, bacterial, and allergic conjunctivitis. The site features a podcast by apediatrician谁专门研究这种情况。
A digital extension from the American Academy of Pediatrics, this group answers parents’ health questions regarding kids of all ages, including inquiries concerning conjunctivitis. For example: “Do I need to keep my son home if he has pink eye?”
国立卫生研究院的一部分,NEI列出了有关粉红色眼睛的事实,告诉您如何识别它,照顾它并避免完全得到它。您还可以搜索有关该主题的新闻,事件和最新研究。
最喜欢的相关粉红色眼睛信息的组织
American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIMF)
ABIMF支持明智的选择,以促进临床医生与患者之间的对话。该站点介绍了几种眼睑受试者,例如结膜炎。该网站解释了何时且不需要抗生素来粉红色的眼睛。
Measles and Rubella Initiative
Because measles has been making a comeback recently among unvaccinated children and pink eye can be a symptom of measles, it’s helpful to know othersymptoms of measles以及如何识别潜在的威胁生命的疾病。麻疹和风疹倡议描述了麻疹的严重健康后果以及疫苗接种如此重要。
Additional reporting by Shira Feder.
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