The Consequences of Conjuntivitis: Red Eye

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Our senses are very important because they allow us to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch so we can experience the life around us. The eye is the most important sensory organ. It is the organ of vision, and it is very sensitive. Therefore, we should protect our eyes from diseases; such as, macular edema, cataract, macular dry enteration, and red eye. We have all experienced red eye at least once in our life, affecting one or both eyes. That makes us wondering, what is Red eye? What can cause it? And how can we treat the causes?. Red eye is a cardinal sign of ocular inflammation. It occurs when the vessels in the eye become swollen or irritated. Red eye occurs as a consequence of blepharitis, dry eye syndrome, or conjunctivitis (med scape,2012).
First, Red eye occurs due to conjunctivitis disease. Conjunctivitis, which is usually called pink eye, is an infection or inflammation in the eye area. The effect of viruses, bacteria, and allergies, is pink eye disease. For example, Viral conjunctivitis is the result of infection from herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella zoster virus (VZV), or human immune deficiency virus (HIV). It can be transfer from one person to another. In addition, Bacterial conjunctivitis has common causes including staphylococci, streptococci, gonococci, and Chlamydia. Also, Allergic conjunctivitis may be divided into five major subdivisions. They are Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC), perennial allergic conjunctivitis (PAC), Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), and giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC). There are a lot of inflammation causes; therefore, there are a lot of symptoms including redness in the white of the eye or internal eyelid, enlarged amount of tear...

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...er, it has several symptoms including Foreign-body sensation, itching, irritation, burning, and excessive tearing. You can protect your eyes from getting dry eye syndrome by preventing it from many risks, such as; dry, hot, or windy climates, high altitudes, air-conditioned rooms, and cigarette smoke (medscape, 2013).
To sum up, As a result of dry eye, pink eye, and blepharitis, red eye may occur. Red eye is a common disease that affects our ability to see. furthermore, there are many symptoms of dry eye, pink eye, and blepharitis; such as; redness in the white of the eye or internl eyelid, increased amount of tears, and Foreign-body sensation. Now you can prevent your eye from getting red eye by using lubricant eye drops, Washing your hands regularly, Adding tears, conserving tears, increasing tear production, and sometimes you will need the help of doctor.

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