Red eye from a child. Reasons with pus and without scratching. What treatment, tea wash

Red-eye may be the first sign of the onset of acute inflammatory process, which subsequently joins lacrimation, irritation or suppuration. The causes of this phenomenon in a child may be different, but for the timely treatment should know the most common ones.

Causes of red eyes in children

The first cause of the reddening of the eyes of the child's parents believe excessive stress, which is associated with prolonged use of modern gadgets.

In addition, the impact on the state of the eyes may be other reasons:

• Entering of a foreign body.
• Injuries.
• Allergic conjunctivitis or bacterial origin.
• Glaucoma.
• Blepharitis.
• mucosal lesions.
• Lack of vitamins, anemic condition.
• Barley.
• Diabetes.

In infants redness may be due to physiological blocked tear duct. With the rapid detection of such state reasons in the short term lends itself to adjustment.

Foreign objects

Cause unpleasant sensations in the eye can be any fine particles of dust, eyelash, a small insect. In some cases, the eye is self-cleaning by means of secreted tears, but sometimes in the eye irritation persists for a long time. A foreign object may fall on the eyeball, or to gain a foothold on the inside of the upper eyelid.

First aid

Upon detection of a foreign body in the eye of the child should try to get it yourself, if it poses no threat to health:

1. Pieces of bandage should wrap your fingers and try to open wide eyelids.
2. The eye was washed with moderate water pressure using sterile pears, bottle or syringe without needle. jet direction - from the outer to the inner corner of the eye.

If a foreign object has moved, but remained in the eye, you can try to move it twisted corner of a sterile bandage. Use a sharp object while strictly prohibited. Rub your eyes with your hands or get an object from the eye in the case of the eyes of significant tissue damage is not worth it.

Further actions

After removal of the object must drip eye special antiseptic solution. If an item you can not reach on their own, it should immediately take the child to a doctor who will have qualified assistance and process the affected eye.

Eye pressure

The pressure of the fundus of the retina depends on the work and the circulation in the blood vessels of the eye.

ocular pressure norm indicators in children are different from adults indicators:

Up to 1 year	Age 1-3 years
full-term infants	17.33 +/- 0.59 mm. Hg. Art.	16.64 +/- 0.17 mm. Hg. Art.
premature babies	17.08 +/- 0.24 mm. Hg. Art.	16.85 +/- 0.23 mm. Hg. Art.

To determine the presence of a pathological process can ophthalmologist using tonometry.

signs of pressure

In the early stages of glaucoma disease virtually has no severe symptoms. Initially, in the eyes may feel burning and dryness, to which then join pain, headaches in the temple, the appearance of redness in the whites of the eyes. Also, the child may observe a drop in visual acuity, to which parents will pay attention.

Reasons for increase

Defect of vision can be congenital in nature or be under the influence of groups of causes.

The occurrence of congenital forms can be triggered by the following factors:

• Intrauterine hypoxia.
• Fetal infection in utero.
• The effect of toxic substances.
• Infection of the mother during pregnancy, rubella, mumps, syphilis and other diseases.
• Abuse addictions.

During the life of the child pathology can be caused by several reasons:

• Hereditary factor.
• Injury.
• Diseases associated with disorders of the eye.
• Abnormalities in the nervous and endocrine systems.
• Obesity.
• Problems in the cardiovascular system.

Red eye from a child, the cause of which point to the development of glaucoma, can cause atrophy of the optic nerve.

Preparations for children

When deciding on the treatment of the disease the doctor will prescribe medication process several groups of medicines for complex problem solving:

1. Beta-blockers: 0.1% Timolol and Timolol gellan 0,25%. Caution should be used drugs to newborns or children with asthma.
2. Prostaglandin analogs: Latanoprost travoprost.
3. Holinomimetiki: Polikarpin vegetation composition, Carbachol from synthetic components.

All products are designed to normalize the intraocular pressure. They may also prescribe drugs for the outflow of intraocular fluid: Xalatan, pilocarpine.

Folk remedies

To facilitate the child's state of health, you can resort to unconventional therapies.

For these purposes often use specially made packs:

• Mix 0,5 art. dried nettle, and 1 tsp lily of the valley flowers. The dry mixture is poured clean glass of water at room temperature. Composition insist 9 hr., Then to it was added 0.5 tsp soda and mix thoroughly. Compresses daily applied for 20 minutes.
• In a small linen bag poured fennel seeds and soaked in boiling water. After cooling to compress a comfortable temperature is applied before bedtime to 20 minutes.

In addition, you can cook drops by mixing 1 tsp aloe juice and honey. A mixture of 1 drop is instilled before going to bed in each eye.

rupture of capillaries

At rupture of capillaries redness place can be localized in different regions of the eye. If the damage of retinal bleeding spots reminiscent of a fine mesh, hemorrhage into the sclera redness can fill all of the eyeball, or lead to small blood points, formation of tubercles lesions indicative of vitreous hemorrhage in the anterior chamber position clots may vary during the day.

Causes of rupture of the capillaries

The reason that leads to the appearance of red eyes in a child can be a break of capillaries. This occurs most often when a mechanical failure.

However, there are other reasons:

• Excessive strain on the eyes.
• Lack of sleep.
• Burn.
• The influence of hormones in adolescent children.
• Burn.
• Colds.

Strong crying or screaming can also lead to excessive stress, leading to rupture of capillaries.

evidence

Redness of the eye - is not the only symptom that appears when the rupture of capillaries. It can also be observed the appearance of swelling, itching, pain in the head and the eyes, bags under the eyes. All this may lead to a deterioration of visual acuity.

treatment with drugs

After treatment in hospital and physician examination of the child his medicines can be prescribed:

• Vitamin means (Ascorbic Acid, Rutin, Bilberry-forte).
• Drops for eyes: Tobrex, Floksal, Oftalmodek.

During treatment to reduce eye strain.

Treatment of folk remedies

To help reinforce the vessel walls will help compresses, which simultaneously will promote stress relief. To do this, prepare a decoction of chamomile or lime, and give it brew for 30 minutes. Moistened cotton swabs in the infusion is applied to the eye for 10 minutes. Also, as a lotion can be used fresh cucumber or potato slices.

Infection

Getting an infection in the eye, a child may lead to the development of acute inflammation. The defeat of the eyelid tissue leads to the appearance of barley, which is explained by the penetration of staph bacteria. When a large formation of pus and its cluster formed a boil, which breaks yourself. Prolonged inflammation causes blepharitis eyelids.

signs of infection

Red eye from a child, the causes of which have an infectious origin, is accompanied by itching and burning, the formation of pus. The lower and upper eyelids swell, become hot to the touch.

Drugs anti-infective drugs for the eyes

When connecting the bacteria that causes pus formation, droplets are used based antibiotics. They help not only to eliminate the symptoms, but also inhibit the growth of microorganisms pathogenic process. To eliminate infection physician may prescribe agents: sodium Sulfatsil, drops Chloramphenicol, Erythromycin solution.

Folk remedies

Tea compresses and washing is particularly effective in the formation of pus in an eye. Sterile cotton swab dipped in strong tea, you should remove the pus from the eyes. The motions carried out strictly by the outer corner of the eye to the inside. undertakes a separate, clean cotton pad for each eye. For washing may also be used decoction of chamomile flowers.

Allergic reaction

Red eye from a child, the reasons which may be associated with the influence of the allergen, usually appears during the flowering plants. Additionally, the reaction can cause unwanted animal dander, action household chemicals, dust, mold. Ingestion that causes allergic reactions may also result in eye redness.

evidence

In addition to redness in the child appears swollen eyelids, his eyes beginning to itch and tear. children can often turn away from bright light, because it causes painful discomfort. One of the associated symptoms is sneezing, but usually occurs only as a result of exposure to pollen or dust.

First aid for redness and itching in the eyes of a child

Initially should try to find a stimulus that causes redness of the eyes. It is necessary to limit the impact of the stimulus on the baby: to eliminate contact with animals, often to perform wet cleaning, ensure ventilation. If preventive measures do not help, it is necessary to show the child to the doctor to determine the exact allergen.

antiallergic drugs

Therapy is complex. To eliminate the common symptoms are assigned Antiallergic drugs (Tavegil, Zodak, Suprastineks) and antihistamines drops (Allergodil, Kromgeksal). To eliminate unpleasant sensations in the eyes, you can use artificial tears substitutes: Sisteyn, Natural tear.

Conjunctivitis

The disease is fraught with the development of complications. When wrong approach to the treatment of chronic conjunctivitis may take form in which the disease will occur suddenly when loosening immunity. Each colds and coryza may spread nasolacrimal channels to the eyes and to provoke their redness and pus formation.

Causes of

For children, the most likely factors that cause the disease are:

• Getting an infection.
• Eye injury.
• The development of the disease on the background of SARS.
• Decreased immunity.
• Allergic reaction times.

Depending on the causes of isolated bacterial type of the disease, viral and allergic.

symptoms

Bacterial type of disease in the child appears burning and itching, there is increased release of pus, eyes become red. After sleeping child often can not open the eyelids, as pus thicken eyelashes and glue them.

When enhanced viral disease type tearing, increased lymph nodes, eyes become red and the eyelid may be formed with a liquid transparent bubbles. Allergic form is not contagious and is accompanied by a burning sensation, edema of the eyelids, foreign body sensation.

Rinsing strong tea with festering

To eliminate the pus should qualitatively carry out the eye clean. For this purpose, strong tea. Moistened cotton pad abundantly in tea, and then it was purified via eye in the direction from the outer to the inner corner of the eye. For each eye using a new cotton pad. Especially, this method helps to uncover century after sleep, tea will help soften the purulent mass.

Preparations from conjunctivitis for children

After the establishment of a specific pathogen, which has led to the disease, the doctor will prescribe the appropriate medication for the treatment of:

• Bacterial infection: Tobrex, Floksal, Tobradeks, Oftalmodek, Chloramphenicol.
• Viral: Sulfacetamide, Oftalmodek, Aktipol, Poludan.
• Allergic: Opatanol, Allergodil and Zodak, Fenistil inside.

In complicated conditions recommended ointments, which are superimposed over the lower eyelid: Tebrofenovaya ointment bonafton, florenal.

When to consult a doctor?

A visit to the doctor is recommended to perform mandatory in the following situations:

• Redness persists for a long period, drugs do not help.
• Getting a foreign body that you can not resolve on their own.
• Blurred vision.
• The formation of pus.
• Appearance of itching and burning sensation, edema.

the effect of precipitating factors should be limited to visits to the doctor. Red eyes, a child may be the result of long-term watching TV, playing on the computer or tablet.

To determine the cause is recommended to remove them at the time, and you must follow the sleep mode and differential lighting. Only at the reception of an experienced doctor can identify the cause, to identify the disease and to choose the right treatment.

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