What are the common diseases of the eye newborn?

Chemical conjunctivitis
● causes: If the mother did not have gonorrhea and timely treatment, doctors usually give the baby was born just two points on the silver nitrate to prevent the baby after birth, likely to be infected with gonococcal conjunctivitis. However, this approach also has a bad side, that is, let your baby's eyes may be due to stimulation of silver nitrate to produce a result of chemical conjunctivitis caused by stimulation.

● symptoms: there will be chemical conjunctivitis conjunctival edema and hyperemia of the phenomenon of convergence may be eye redness, edema, eyes and peeling skin around the phenomenon of allergic conjunctivitis symptoms and there are some similarities; cases of serious so, the eyes will appear corneal opacity and edema of the phenomenon. Baby usually shortly after the point of use water, or within 2 days after birth, will appear above symptoms, if combined with the complications of bacterial infections, there are more obvious and growing problem of conjunctivitis, if there are no complications, the baby symptoms in 3 to 4 days, and self-limiting.
● Treatment: Chemical treatment of conjunctivitis drugs is that you can use a large number of saline wash your baby's eyes, and the use of antibiotics to prevent infection. At present, the prevention of neonatal conjunctivitis infection of the syrup chemicals have been replaced with tetracycline stimulate conjunctival surface of the silver nitrate negative effects, this approach greatly reduces neonatal conjunctivitis caused by chemical phenomena.
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
● reasons: if the mother has gonorrhea themselves, and are not pre-pregnancy and prenatal treatment, when the baby was born after her mother's birth canal, it will be very likely to Gonococci infection, or because his eyes come into contact with Gonococci of gauze and cotton, so that baby infected with gonococcal conjunctivitis. Gonococci own highly penetrating, in addition to corneal epithelial baby would damage, there may result in corneal ulcer baby. So Mom, if aware that they have gonorrhea should be treated as soon as possible, so as to prevent your baby will be born infected with gonococcal conjunctivitis, infections, unfortunately, if the baby should be treated as soon as possible to avoid the baby corneal injuries and even blindness.
● symptoms: gonococcal conjunctivitis is a form of acute purulent conjunctivitis, the symptoms will appear convergence eye edema, conjunctival hyperemia and edema, acute purulent inflammation of the blood even with such as the serous exudation. If not promptly dealt with, treatment, your baby may also be facing the risk of blindness.
● Treatment: In general, the gonococcal meningitidis infection associated with inflammation of other organs, so in addition to normal saline flush eyes baby, but also the need to give antibiotic treatment to maintain the 1 ~ 2 weeks after the baby again to understand the physical condition of the baby in order to control inflammation of the conjunctiva gonococcal situation, while avoiding serious of circumstances.
Chlamydial conjunctivitis
● causes: If the parents of genital chlamydia infection and was not treated in time, or there is no cure, the baby through the birth canal at birth, the iris may be subject to chlamydia infection, chlamydia conjunctiva to form inflammation. So parents should be on the first prenatal check whether or not infected with genital chlamydia, if they are infected, it is necessary to receive treatment as soon as possible. Chlamydial conjunctivitis in the baby's symptoms after the birth of 5 ~ 14 days.
● Symptoms: Chlamydia will your baby's eyes appear yellow purulent secretions, not to receive comprehensive treatment may lead to conjunctival scarring, complications such as corneal pannus. Severe cases, the baby may even cause blindness, neonatal pneumonia may occur or other respiratory diseases.
● Treatment: It is recommended to take samples of secretions around the eyes of a culture to confirm whether the chlamydia conjunctivitis (based on the results confirmed that treatment). Chlamydial conjunctivitis be treated with antibiotics, oral erythromycin and topical tetracycline eye ointment continued treatment, treatment time is also required for up to 7 ~ 14 days.
Acute conjunctivitis
● causes: acute conjunctivitis caused by the main reason for the virus (such as adenovirus, herpes virus, influenza virus, etc.) or bacteria (such as staphylococcus, streptococcus, influenza bacilli, etc.) infection. But it may also be because of eyes epicanthus (especially Asians), more infants and young children eyelid hypertrophy, was easier to push forward the eye lashes and repeated friction and touch to the cornea, such as infants and young children will often uncomfortable and rubbed my eyes , resulting in acute conjunctivitis.
● Symptoms: due to a virus or bacterial infection will be acute conjunctivitis caused by eye irritation, redness, foreign body sensation and a large number of secretion (the secretion of viral conjunctivitis is watery stool, bacterial conjunctivitis is the viscous of purulent secretions). Easily lead to the secretion of a large number of upper and lower lashes stick together, or attached to the eye secretions and makes the surface of blurred vision, but also may lead to a punctate subconjunctival hemorrhage, or case sheet.
● Treatment: General treatment of the main symptoms are required, the early use of acute conjunctivitis or ointment applied antimicrobial agent, and continuing observation, to be non-stop for about two weeks of treatment. If the symptoms of attack when feeling unwell and may be cold eye disease for about 5 minutes, 2 or 3 times a day will help alleviate the symptoms. Not much in the secretions of the time, you can pay more attention to clean clean wet cotton on the eyes and eyelashes secretions. Because of the highly infectious acute conjunctivitis very strong, and therefore recommended that patients should be isolated for more than two weeks and to maintain environmental hygiene to prevent your baby's symptoms or the seriousness of infection to others. Usually wash their hands to help your baby does not develop the habit of rubbing the eyes, to avoid contamination with the bacteria's hands touch the eyes or contact with other items, leading to the proliferation of large-scale infection.
Allergic conjunctivitis
● reasons: most of the season due to turnover caused by allergic conjunctivitis (sometimes associated with the phenomenon of allergic rhinitis), or have asthma, atopic dermatitis, skin allergies, such as a history of easy, but also may be due to drug lead ophthalmology phenomenon of contact allergy. So if your baby will have to know what kind of food allergy or articles should take the initiative away from the allergen and, through diet and daily life habits to improve your baby's allergy, and should be maintained around the eyes and face clean, from the to prevent the root causes of allergic conjunctivitis.
● symptoms: conjunctivitis caused by allergy baby will feel very奇痒At the same time, water will appear in the secretions, so that baby can not help and would like to rub the eyes, rubbed my eyes because it may be a result of this action eye conjunctival hyperemia, flow Tears, a burning sensation, but also because of dry eyes feel dry. At the same time, the baby will be the convergence of conjunctival papillae phenomenon. As the eyes appear less secretion and the relationship between water, easy to make dry eyes, and the foreign body sensation, the skin around the eyes will become dry, water shortages will be serious even when the phenomenon of shedding dander.
● Treatment: Even if the eyes are extremely itchy, but also should avoid rubbing the eyes with his hands and keep his hands clean. Baby likes to climb everywhere, everywhere grasp, it is easy to get dirty or come into contact with bacteria goods. When intolerable itching eyes, the baby's eyes can be cold and slow down the symptoms of itching. If the eyes have a residual dust such as pollen or allergens, can also use artificial tears or saline eye wash to wash away allergens. Drugs may be given oral or ocular antihistamine used, but as the baby's situation. At the same time, mothers are recommended to bring your baby to do the test allergens, as soon as possible to identify allergens to avoid allergic conjunctivitis recurring.