Eye burn

Introduction The eye is a very fine organ that can change its specific form in different environments, enabling humans to get the right information in a complex environment. When the eye is abnormal, such as eye burns, the symptoms are dry eyes, foreign body sensation, itchy eyes, burning eyes, photophobia, tearing, mucus filaments in the eye, blurred vision, eye fatigue Wait. It is a series of diseases that can cause abnormalities in tear fluid and quantity and kinetics, leading to tear film instability and/or ocular surface abnormalities, accompanied by symptoms of ocular discomfort.

Cause

The cause of eye burns:

The tear film is unstable and the surface of the eye is damaged due to the abnormal amount or quality of the tear, resulting in eye discomfort.

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Examination and diagnosis of eye burns:

There are eye dryness, foreign body sensation, itchy eyes, burning eyes, photophobia, tearing, mucus filament secretions in the eyes, blurred vision, eye fatigue and so on.

Differential diagnosis

Eye burns are easily confused:

1. Most of the red eye disease is the onset of both eyes. In the early stage of the disease, the patient feels hot, burning, photophobia, redness, consciously eye pain, like rolling into the sand, followed by redness and swelling of the eyelids. Afraid of light, tears, when getting up in the morning, the eyelids are often stuck by secretions, not easy to open. Some patients have small bleeding spots or bleeding spots on the conjunctiva. The secretions are mucopurulent. Sometimes a grayish white pseudomembrane is formed on the surface of the conjunctiva. The corneal edge may have a gray-white infiltration point, which may be accompanied by headache, fever and fatigue. Systemic symptoms such as swollen lymph nodes before the ear.

2. Trachoma is a chronic contagious conjunctival keratitis caused by Chlamydia and is one of the blinding eye diseases. In the early stage of the disease, the conjunctiva is infiltrated such as nipple and follicular hyperplasia, and corneal vasospasm occurs at the same time. In the late stage, the scar of the conjunctiva is affected, resulting in varus deformity and aggravation of corneal damage, which may seriously affect vision and even cause blindness.

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