Eyes are incredibly complex, highly productive, and resilient organs that can adjust to different conditions and environments immediately.
Hyderabad these days is facing a wave of conjunctivitis, commonly called the pink eye problem, a viral disorder. Therefore, we must protect our precious eyes from the rising conjunctivitis epidemic in Pakistan.
Although the eyes are not the most vital organ of the human body, they are precious. As our eyes give us the gift of sight! We must always remember to protect them.
Eyes are incredibly complex, highly productive, and resilient organs that can adjust to different conditions and environments immediately. The muscles that move your eyes are the fastest and strongest muscles in your body, relative to their function. They’re 100 times more powerful than necessary.
Pink eye is an inflammation or infection of the transparent membrane that lines your eyelid and eyeball. Typical symptoms include redness and a gritty sensation in your eye, along with itching. Often, discharge forms a crust on your eyelashes during the night.
Viruses cause most cases of pink eye, but bacteria can cause it too. You can’t treat viral infections with antibiotics. Antibiotics only work on bacterial infections.
Eye infections can happen in one eye or both eyes. Some infections aren’t serious. Others are medical emergencies that can cause vision loss. Eye infections can affect nearly any part of your eye.
Though pink eye can be irritating, it rarely affects your vision. Treatments can help ease the discomfort of pink eye. Because pink eye can be contagious, getting an early diagnosis and taking certain precautions can help limit its spread.
The most common pink eye symptoms include:
- Redness in one or both eyes.
- Itchiness in one or both eyes.
- A gritty feeling in one or both eyes.
- A discharge in one or both eyes that forms a crust during the night that may prevent your eye or eyes from opening in the morning.
- Tearing.
- Sensitivity to light, called photophobia.
There are serious eye conditions that can cause eye redness. These conditions may cause eye pain, a feeling that something is stuck in your eye, blurred vision, and light sensitivity. If you experience these symptoms, seek urgent care.
People who wear contact lenses need to stop wearing them as soon as pink eye symptoms begin. If your symptoms don’t start to get better within 12 to 24 hours, make an appointment with your eye doctor to make sure you don’t have a more serious eye infection related to contact lens use.
Conjunctivitis can be a frustrating condition, particularly allergic conjunctivitis, but in most cases, it doesn’t pose a serious threat to health. Complications of conjunctivitis are rare, but when they do occur, they can be serious and include: a severe case of allergic conjunctivitis can lead to scarring in the eye.
In most cases, you won’t need antibiotic eye drops. Since conjunctivitis is usually viral, antibiotics won’t help. They may even cause harm by reducing their effectiveness in the future or causing a medical reaction. Instead, the virus needs time to run its course. Therefore, never underestimate the problem.
