How is chronic conjunctivitis diagnosed? Diagnostic methods for chronic conjunctivitis

Before treating a disease, the first thing we need to do is to make a correct diagnosis. Only on the basis of a correct diagnosis can we talk about treatment. Eye diseases should be treated with caution. Chronic conjunctivitis is a common and more difficult eye disease. It should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible. Today, let’s learn how to diagnose chronic conjunctivitis.

diagnosis

Patients feel itchy, foreign body sensation and eye fatigue in their eyes. There is secretion in the vagina in the morning, and white foamy secretion can be seen in the vagina during the day. Conjunctival congestion, a small amount of papillary hyperplasia and follicle formation, mainly in the perianal conjunctiva. There was no ocular edema, conjunctival pseudomembrane formation, or signs of keratitis. If the inflammation persists for a long time, the conjunctiva may be thickened, but there will be no scars or corneal vascularization. Those caused by Staphylococcus aureus are often accompanied by ulcerative blepharitis or peripheral corneal punctate infiltration.

hint

This disease has a high incidence rate and is a chronic eye disease. Medication can relieve symptoms, but it may relapse. It has no effect on vision, but long-term congestion will make the eyes see things blurred, which will be relieved after blinking, and this cycle repeats. The patient has dry eyes and severe symptoms, but the signs are mild or not obvious. In order to eliminate the cause, it is necessary to wear protective glasses when working outdoors, avoid excessive smoking and drinking, get enough sleep, develop good living habits, and treat various other external eye diseases in a timely manner. For those who have not been cured for a long time, the cause should be thoroughly investigated.

Symptoms/Chronic Conjunctivitis

The main symptoms of chronic conjunctivitis are eye discharge and conjunctival congestion. Specifically, patients with chronic conjunctivitis generally have the following subjective symptoms:

1. There is not much secretion, which is mucous. When you wake up in the morning, you will find secretion in the inner canthus. During the day, you will see white foamy secretion in the canthus.

2. Conjunctival congestion is mainly congestion of the eyelid conjunctiva, and the dilated blood vessels are clear;

3. If inflammation persists for a long time, the conjunctiva may become thickened, but there will be no scars or pannus;

4. The patient's subjective symptoms are mild, mainly itching, burning, foreign body sensation, dryness, heavy eyelids, visual fatigue, etc. The symptoms are usually obvious at night or when working at close range, but some patients do not feel any discomfort.