Eye Infections – Types and Symptoms

An infection of the eye is one of the most prevalent eye issues for patients. If you've captured a purple eye or a more severe problem, the easiest way you can see affordable eye care in OKC is if you have irritation, redness, pain or any significant symptoms inside and around the eye.

Pink Eye or Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is an extremely transmissible eye infection, which often spreads among kids in care centers, schools. Teachers and daycare employees also have threats of pink eyes when working with young kids in close proximity. Common kinds of infectious conjunctivitis often come from viruses or bacteria. Children can also gain conjunctival eye infection during their birth when a mom suffers from a sexually transmitted illness.

Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Contact lens users are more likely to encounter parasites that can penetrate the eye and trigger an eye-threatening disease called Acanthamoeba Keratitis. For this reason, wearers of the contact lens should be following certain safety advice, such as preventing swimming with contact lenses. If, when swimming or sleeping, you are wearing lenses, you should immediately remove and disinfect your lenses. In fact, fungal and bacterial eye infections are increasingly likely among contact lenses wearers, and care needs to be taken with correct contact lens care. FDA rules advise producers to include a discarding date on contact lens cleaning and disinfecting products (not just expiration date) to minimize the risk of infectious eyes.

Trachoma

A major cause of blindness in certain parts of the world is a serious eye infection known as trachoma associated with chlamydia trachomatis. The disease spreads us through flies and reinfection is a prevalent issue in unsanitary settings. Typically, trachoma infects the internal eyelid that starts to scar. Scarring then leads the eyelid to "turn," and the eyelash begins to blow and ruin the corneal tissue with continuous blindness. Good hygiene and accessibility of medicines like oral antibiotics are crucial for trachoma control.

Stye

A stye is a little lump that grows on or inside the eyelid. A stye can be triggered by a multitude of stuff like a blocked eyelash, eyelid oil, outside debris and even pressure, sometimes called hordeolum. Styes are apparently harmless but often cause the impacted individual pain. It can build a bubble and cause pain, but after the bubble is drained it should subside. Hot compress and eye drops are more effective in making styes vanish.

Endophthalmitis

This disease causes inflammation in the white eye. The eye can also be filled with white or yellow. It has chronic and acute shapes, which means it can quickly or slowly appear but last longer. Normally, antibiotics are a severe issue. When a penetrating eye injury happens, up to 8% danger of endophthalmitis. In some cases, the infection may be caused by an eye surgery as a complication. Endophthalmitis can lead to blindness without therapy.

Make an appointment with us at Korber Eyecare and Surgery Center for affordable eye care in OKC.

**Disclaimer: The above post should not substitute medical advice nor does it create a patient-doctor relationship.