Highly contagious and rapidly evolving is conjunctivitis, an infection that is spread by direct or indirect contact with secretions from infected eyes and usually resolves spontaneously within a week or two.
The largest number of cases occurs in the final months of the year, usually beginning in September, and that high temperatures facilitate transmission.
This inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the eyelids or lining inside has as initial symptoms secretion and eye pain, foreign body sensation and refusal to light in cases of the hemorrhagic variant, the medical notes of different grades bleeding beneath the conjunctiva. There are also catarrhal conjunctivitis, allergic and others.
Preventive measures that guide the specialists in epidemiology in the population are daily personal hygiene, wash hands after cleaning the face and avoid unnecessary handling of the eyes.
When one person makes the above symptoms should see a doctor, the signs include visual physical rest, cold compresses boiled steadily and not use any medication unless prescribed by a physician. Income usually goes home to break the transmission chain.
