How to Treat Allergic Conjunctivitis in Children?

Child allergic conjunctivitis is one of the non-infectious eye diseases in children. As the environment changes, the incidence rate will gradually increase, and thus this disease is receiving increasing attention. In the process of diagnosis and treatment by doctors, child allergic conjunctivitis is correlated with other allergic diseases. Common allergens include pollen, fur, odors, air pollution, etc. How to treat child allergic conjunctivitis? Let's take a look.

For allergic diseases, avoiding exposure to allergens is the key to treatment. However, it is difficult for most patients to determine the allergens, so the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis is entirely symptomatic, aiming to reduce the patient's discomfort and relieve symptoms.

1. Physical treatment: Eye cold compress can lower the local temperature, constrict blood vessels, and relieve symptoms such as itching and burning. For patients with mild symptoms, cold compress is a convenient, fast, and effective relief measure.

2. Medication: Local eye drops and systemic medication are recommended to be used as prescribed by the doctor.

3. Surgical treatment: Generally, child allergic conjunctivitis can be well relieved with medication. For severe complications such as corneal opacities, surgical treatment such as scraping the opacity and covering the amniotic membrane can be used to promote corneal repair.

4. Specific immunotherapy: Also known as desensitization treatment. Clinical practice has confirmed that patients who undergo formal desensitization treatment can benefit lifelong, which is difficult to achieve with general medication. However, there is currently no standardized standard for allergens, and many allergens cannot be found, so further research is still needed for this treatment.

Child allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is an eye inflammation disease caused by allergen stimulation and IgE mediation, mainly caused by type I and type IV hypersensitivity reactions. It is one of the non-infectious eye diseases in children. In recent years, with the change of the environment, the incidence rate of allergic diseases has gradually increased, and child allergic diseases have also received increasing attention. Allergic diseases are a type of systemic disease, including allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic dermatitis, asthma, and other manifestations in different organs. In the process of diagnosis and treatment, child allergic conjunctivitis has a certain correlation with other allergic diseases.

For certain substances that do not cause reactions in most people, when they are exposed through various routes such as contact, inhalation, ingestion, etc., they can cause allergic reactions in some people with genetic factors. Therefore, the current view is that the complex interaction between genetics and the environment is the fundamental cause of allergic diseases. Child allergic conjunctivitis is more likely to occur in children with other allergic diseases, such as asthma, eczema, etc. Common allergens include plant pollen, animal fur, special odors such as perfume, air pollution, dust, smoke, eye drops, etc.