What is acute catarrhal conjunctivitis

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Acute catarrhal conjunctivitis is a common disease in ophthalmology. It is caused by bacterial infection of conjunctival tissue of the eye. Catarrhal conjunctivitis is normally caused by not paying attention to eye hygiene, such as rubbing eyes with dirty hands. The main symptoms are eye congestion, redness, a large number of yellow or white secretions formed in the conjunctiva sac, and many nipples or follicles formed on the inner surface of the eyelids. Treatment, first of all, pay attention to eye hygiene, can not rub eyes, can wipe off eye secretions with clean paper towel, and regular point antibiotic eye drops treatment, such as moxifloxacin eye drops, levofloxacin hydrochloride eye drops, chloramphenicol eye drops, etc. commonly used at this stage.

What is acute catarrhal conjunctivitis



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