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What You Need to Know About Conjunctivitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

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What is Conjunctivitis: Overview  C onjunctivitis, commonly known as “pink eye,” is an infection or swelling in the outer membrane of your eyeball. Blood vessels in your conjunctiva, a thin membrane that lines part of your eye, become inflamed. This gives your eye the red or pink color that’s commonly associated with conjunctivitis. Symptoms of pink eye Since bacterial or viral conjunctivitis is very contagious, it’s important to pay attention to your symptoms. The condition can be passed along to others  up to 2 weeks after it develops Trusted Source . Talk with your healthcare provider about treatment if you experience: pink or red-toned eyes gritty feeling in your eyes watery or thick discharge that builds up on your eyes at night itchiness in your eyes abnormal amount of tears What causes pink eye? The most common causes of pink eye are: Viruses or bacteria Bacterial conjunctivitis is most often caused by the same type of bacteria that cause strep throat and staph infections. Conju
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Nursing care plan for otitis media.

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  Nursing care plan for otitis media: Nursing Management Most infants and children with otitis media are cared for at home; therefore, a primary responsibility of the  nurse  is to teach the family caregivers about prevention and the care of the child. Nursing Assessment Assessment of a child with otitis media include the following: Physical examination.  The infant’s ear is examined with an otoscope by pulling he ear down and back to straighten the ear canal. History.  Assess if there is a history of trauma to the ears, affected siblings, a history of cranial/facial defects or any familial history of otitis media. Nursing Diagnoses Based on the assessment data, the major nursing diagnoses are: Acute pain  related to the inflammation of the middle ear. Anxiety  related to health status. Impaired verbal communication  related to effects of hearing loss. Disturbed sensory perception  related to obstruction, infection of the middle ear, or auditory nerve damage. Risk for injury  related t
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What is Acute otitis media? What are causes,risk Factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention

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  Acute otitis media Acute otitis media is a bacterial or viral infection of the middle ear, usually accompanying an upper respiratory infection. Symptoms include otalgia (ear pain), often with systemic symptoms (eg, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), especially in the very young children. Diagnosis is based on otoscopy. Treatment is with analgesics and sometimes antibiotics. Although acute otitis media can occur at any age, it is most common between ages 3 months and 3 years. At this age, the eustachian tube is structurally and functionally immature—the angle of the eustachian tube is more horizontal, and the angle of the tensor veli palatini muscle and the cartilaginous eustachian tube renders the opening mechanism less efficient. Anything that causes the eustachian tubes to become swollen or blocked makes more fluid build up in the middle ear behind the eardrum. The cause of acute otitis media may be viral or bacterial. Viral infections are often complicated by secondary bacterial
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