What treatments should be mastered for acute conjunctivitis?

Acute conjunctivitis is a common disease in life. Most patients with acute conjunctivitis have long-term exposure to electronic products, do not pay attention to ensuring the health of their eyes, or often rub their eyes without washing their hands and paying attention to cleaning, and have the habit of wearing unhygienic contact lenses. These will all lead to acute conjunctivitis. In normal times, we must find appropriate methods and start with dietary treatment based on the cause of the disease.

Acute conjunctivitis often occurs in summer and autumn.

Conjunctivitis is caused by direct infection with a variety of bacteria. The transmission route is mostly through contaminated towels, washbasins, fingers or other utensils; it can be invaded by air, dust, wind, sand, smoke, etc., all of which can be the cause of the disease.

In the past, the pathogens of acute conjunctivitis were mostly bacteria.

However, in recent years, the pathogens of acute conjunctivitis have undergone very obvious changes. Just like the most common cold in internal medicine, it is now mostly caused by viral infection.

The main drug treatments for acute conjunctivitis are:

For acute cases, use 0.5% chloramphenicol, 0.5% neomycin, 15-20% sodium sulfacetamide, 0.1% rifampicin, etc. eye drops once every 15-30 minutes. After the symptoms are relieved, change to 6-8 times a day; use 0.5% cortisone eye drops 3-4 times a day; for allergic cases, use 0.5% cortisone, 0.5% streptomycin or chloramphenicol eye drops, and take anti-allergic drugs.

In terms of diet, good adjustment and nutrition can also be of great help in the treatment of acute conjunctivitis.

The main dietary treatment methods are: The dietary treatment of acute conjunctivitis takes anti-inflammation as the main treatment principle. All foods with cold properties and heat-clearing and detoxifying properties have anti-inflammatory effects, such as water chestnuts, fresh lotus roots, persimmons, sugarcane, bananas, watermelons, tea leaves, clam meat, snails, amaranth, wolfberry leaves, arrowhead mushrooms, wild rice stems, winter melon, bitter melon, loofah, mung beans, chrysanthemums, etc. all play an auxiliary therapeutic role.

Patients with acute conjunctivitis should pay much attention to their diet. You should avoid eating warm, spicy foods and irritating foods, such as onions, leek tea, garlic, chili peppers, mutton, dog meat, ginger and other spicy and hot irritating foods that increase fire. Hairtail, yellow croaker, eel, shrimp, crab, pig head, chicken head, mustard greens and other irritating foods should not be eaten. Chrysanthemum tea can be used as a beverage.

As far as acute conjunctivitis is concerned, the set of symptoms described in the past has changed greatly, and many of them are different from the symptoms seen clinically today. Therefore, we should also make corresponding changes in the treatment of acute conjunctivitis. If acute conjunctivitis does not improve after diagnosis and treatment, it must be because the key to the symptoms has not been found. In short, acute conjunctivitis is a disease that is very harmful to the eyes. However, there is no need to panic if you have acute conjunctivitis. As long as it is treated properly, it can be cured quickly.