Chronic conjunctivitis is very common. It is an inflammatory process that occurs in the mucous membrane of the eye. Most often its victims are middle-aged and elderly people. Treatment of the infected eye should be started immediately, otherwise the second eye will be affected.
Causes of chronic conjunctivitis
This disease can have an infectious or non-infectious etiology. It arises for the following reasons:
- prolonged contact with smoke, caustic vapors and other aggressive substances;
- use of low-grade cosmetics;
- reading or other load on the eyes with insufficiently good illumination;
- Gastrointestinal diseases;
- infection with parasites;
- violation of eye refraction;
- hypovitaminosis , etc.
Revealing the cause will help to choose the right treatment.
Symptoms of chronic conjunctivitis
This inflammatory lesion is accompanied by the following symptoms:
- the mucous blushes;
- the eyelid slightly swells;
- sensitivity to light increases;
- there is a feeling of "sand in the eyes";
- tiny follicles are formed on the mucosa and the like.
All these symptoms may not be as intense as in the acute form of the lesion. As a rule, they persist for a long time.
How to treat chronic conjunctivitis?
First of all, the source of the inflammatory process must be eliminated. For example, when the cause of an illness is a foggy environment, you should immediately change your place of residence.
Treatment of chronic conjunctivitis is usually the following:
- antimicrobial drugs for purulent discharge from the eyes;
- antiviral drugs in case of adenoviral disease;
- antifungal agents when the ailment is caused by fungi;
- drops that contain angistamines;
- vitamin complexes, aimed at strengthening local immunity.
Since this eye injury occurs against the background of other ailments, it is possible before the appointment of treatment that a consultation of several specialists, including a dermatologist, an allergist, etc., is required.
Folk remedies in the treatment of chronic conjunctivitis
An excellent doctor is considered to be aloe juice. Drips are made from it.
Recipe for drops from conjunctivitis
Ingredients:
- leaves of aloe;
- water.
Preparation and use
Cut off the bottom leaves wrapped in paper and sent to the refrigerator for 3 days. Rinse them, drain, crush and squeeze the juice. Dilute the aloe juice with cold boiled water. The water to the juice is taken in a ratio of 10: 1. Bury by drop in the eye three times a day.