Can conjunctivitis be hot compress?

By the classification of conjunctivitis to decide, for acute conjunctivitis do not advocate hot compress, hot compress will accelerate the spread of the disease, should be cold compress. Allergic conjunctivitis, clinical is seasonal or spring catarrhal, can not hot compress, hot compress can accelerate the release of inflammatory transmitters, to cold compress. Chronic conjunctivitis recommended hot compress, can help restore the function of meibomian glands, reduce other symptoms caused by chronic inflammation.