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Conjunctivitis
Drugs For Conjunctivitis
alcaftadine ophthalmic solution
atropine ophthalmic
atropine sulfate ophthalmic
besifloxacin ophthalmic suspension
betamethasone ophthalmic
carbenicillin
cefditoren
cefetamet
ganciclovir
gatifloxacin
gentamicin
gentamicin ophthalmic
homatropine
hydrocortisone, neomycin and polymyxin
idoxuridine ophthalmic
ketorolac
ketorolac trometamol ophthalmic
ketotifen
levocabastine
lodoxamide tromethamine
loteprednol
medrysone liquifilm opthalmic
naphazoline
naphazoline/ pheniramine - ophthalmic
natamycin
norfloxacin
olopatadine
oxacillin injection
pemirolast ophthalmic
polymyxin, bacitracin and neomycin
prednisolone ophthalmic
rimexolone ophthalmic
sisomicin
sulfacetamide and prednisolone
sulfacetamide ophthalmic
suprofen
tobramycin ophthalmic
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Conjunctivitis / Pink Eye | |
About Conjunctivitis / Pink Eye |
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Conjunctivitis is better known as ‘Pink Eye’ in North America, and also ‘Madras eye’ in India. It causes redness and soreness of the clear layer covering called the conjunctiva that coats the white of the eye and the eyelids. Conjunctivitis is the most common eye disease in the western hemisphere and varies in severity from mild inflammation with tearing to a severe inflammation that causes tissue injury and tissue death. It is responsible for 1% of all emergency visits to a hospital. Allergies, bacteria, viruses, or chemicals usually cause it. Bacterial conjunctivitis presents with a red eye, pus discharge,a gritty sensation, and occasionally sticking shut of the eyelids. Viral conjunctivitis follows an upper respiratory infection such as the common cold. The most common reason of pink eye is due to an Adenovirus infection – the same virus is responsible for common cold. Looking at the eye with conjunctivitis your doctor may not be able to tell if it is due to infection from bacteria or virus or due to allergy. Pinkeye caused by a virus can be a very contagious infection and can be prevented by not touching the eye and by frequent washing of your hands. Epidemics of conjunctivitis can hit a large population in an area and many cities in the world face this problem from time to time. Indian cities such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi have faced such epidemics at regular frequencies. Usually the infection can be very contagious and a few people can infect a large population in a short span of time. American Journal of Infection Control in 2002 reported that approximately 3 million school days are lost as a result of acute conjunctivitis (Guinan etal). A type of conjunctivitis called ‘acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (AHC)’ was first reported from Ghana in 1969. Since then epidemics has occurred in numerous other countries, - China, India, Egypt, Cuba, Singapore, and Japan. In 2006 the epidemic occurred in Brazil and over 200,000 people were affected. Most of these epidemics have a self-limiting benign course and usually there are no visual impairments. The FDA cleared a medical device to detect conjunctivitis due to adenovirus infection and help physicians. It takes 10 minutes to do the test and the reading can be done in doctor’s office. |
Latest Publication and Research on Conjunctivitis - Updated on 12/02/2011
Lacrimal Gland Ductulitis Caused by Probable ActinomycesInfection. - Published by PubMed
Effect of the inflammatory response upon the in vivo competition between two chlamydial variants in the guinea pig model of inclusion conjunctivitis. - Published by PubMed
Real-life effect of classical homeopathy in the treatment of allergies: A multicenter prospective observational study. - Published by PubMed
[Follicular conjunctivitis of unknown origin.] - Published by PubMed
London Plane Tree bioaerosol exposure and allergic sensitization in Sydney, Australia. - Published by PubMed
Lacrimal Gland Ductulitis Caused by Probable ActinomycesInfection. - Published by PubMed
Effect of the inflammatory response upon the in vivo competition between two chlamydial variants in the guinea pig model of inclusion conjunctivitis. - Published by PubMed
Real-life effect of classical homeopathy in the treatment of allergies: A multicenter prospective observational study. - Published by PubMed
[Follicular conjunctivitis of unknown origin.] - Published by PubMed
London Plane Tree bioaerosol exposure and allergic sensitization in Sydney, Australia. - Published by PubMed
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sunny1
Posted on: 01/14/2009 Wear dark glasses if you have Pink ey and are going out in the sun, also have tissue paper as running eyes is common. Frequent hand washes as indicated in the article is very important to prevent infection from person to person.
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