The causes and treatments of conjunctivitis in the newborn Bashny.Net

Conjunctivitis of the newborn requires careful treatment. Often it happens so that the baby will turn sour and watery eyes, and young mothers are fleeing for advice from grandparents, ignoring the doctors. However, to do this in any case impossible, as insufficient and improper treatment of a child can be seriously injured for life.



The causes of conjunctivitis in the newborn is Often, the conjunctivitis in the newborn occurs almost immediately after birth. What could be causing this? Infants have not yet perfect immune system, today, all most children born with weak protection functions of the body – in most cases these are children who were born prematurely. Not infrequently maternity home are far from ideal hygienic regimes. In addition, the conjunctivitis, the child may develop due to external factors, more precisely in connection with the effects of the various infections and viruses.

Conjunctivitis, depending on the pathogens can be divided into: virus; chlamydia; bacterial; gonococcal. Also isolated allergic type of conjunctivitis, which is not a virus. The symptoms of the emergence of conjunctivitis in the newborn Should be noted that in infants the symptoms of conjunctivitis differ from those that occur in adults. Newborn during the illness suffer from poor sleep and appetite, they're always capricious and nervous.

You need to pay attention to the baby's eyes after he wakes up. If you see that the eyelids are glued together and covered with yellowish crust, besides there are some of the selection that should start to sound the alarm. Do not forget that babies do not have tears, that is why you need to pay attention to the appearance of any, even the most insignificant selections. Other symptoms of this disease include burning, photophobia, suppuration.

For some unknown reason, many people believe that to cure conjunctivitis in infants it is not necessary, however, if not serious, treat this process, the disease can spread to deeper layers of the eye that can trigger the development of diseases such as keratitis.

Treatment of conjunctivitis of the newborn, the Main treatment of this disease is to use medication. First, you should consult your doctor who will be able to make the correct diagnosis and prescribe the appropriate course of treatment. Often the doctor recommends you to use eye drops from this disease, and personally supervises the process of their neonates.

In any case you should not assign a course of treatment for themselves and to ignore a doctor's recommendation, because one incorrectly chosen medication can have a negative impact on the health of the patient as a whole. In addition, the doctor must determine which mode will be treated in outpatient or inpatient. It depends on the severity of the development of conjunctivitis. It is important to note that eye drops newborn is possible only after you have them washed with a cotton swab dipped in boiled water or in tea or tincture of chamomile. Eyes need to wipe from the outer corner to the inner. If required, the procedure can be repeated several times.

The correct application of eye drops Before using the drops, you need to carefully study the instructions and method of application. The baby should lie on the back. The left hand gently a little lower the lower eyelid and lift the top. Right hand drip the desired amount of drug on the lower eyelid, remove your hand and gently wipe the little one's eyes from the outer corner to the inner.

 

Source: globalscience.ru