Conjunctivitis is a rather unpleasant disease that significantly interferes with normal living. However, to cope with it is quite simple if you follow the doctor's instructions and observe proper hygiene. There are various methods of treating conjunctivitis, but most often they are combined.
First of all, you should find out why this disease develops. Most often it occurs in children, as they like to rub their eyes with their hands, which are not always clean. You can catch the infection by contact with an infected person, in public places (pool). As for the symptomatology, it is quite simple: pain and pain in the eyes, lacrimation and fear of light, as well as severe redness of the conjunctiva. In addition, a complicated form of the disease may be accompanied by the formation of pus.
Treatment of conjunctivitis at home is not difficult. Since the disease is accompanied by sufficiently strong pain, they should be eliminated. For this, you can use a solution of chloramphenicol (0.3%). Bury it under the lower eyelid. This procedure should be carried out every few hours. If only one eye is affected, then you can save the second by using the drug presented for the prevention of pathology, but in this case, you need to take a clean pipette.
The treatment of conjunctivitis at home should be done both with the help of local medicines and folk remedies. The first method is more effective and allows you to get rid of the pathology in a few days. Naturally, you can achieve this result if you start treatment after the very
first symptoms appear
. It should be noted that the use of a particular medicine depends on the type of disease (viral, bacterial, allergic).
As for folk remedies, most often patients use tea, infusion of chamomile, calendula and oak bark. These substances have an antiseptic effect, relieve swelling and redness, accelerate recovery. Treatment of conjunctivitis at home, if it is bacterial, is carried out using the presented decoctions, as well as special preparations (drops "Albutsid", "Levomycetinovye").
Effective treatment of conjunctivitis, if it is caused by a virus, is carried out using the drug "Interferon," ointments "Oxalin" and "Florenal." Naturally, you must cure the root cause of the pathology, otherwise the inflammation of the eyes will recur again. The easiest to treat is
allergic conjunctivitis. To eliminate it, it is simply necessary to eliminate the irritant that causes the negative reaction of the body. Use drugs such as Claritin and other anti-allergic medicines to help relieve symptoms.
Treating conjunctivitis at home involves eye hygiene. Avoid touching them with dirty hands. Avoid contact with foreign objects. In addition, try to treat all diseases on time.