Eye drops - double-edged sword

The ophthalmic eye drops 0.4% cure the conjunctivitis for adults very well but with babies causing marrow failure leading to death. Atropine is effective at treating iritis, but if used for glaucoma patients, eye surgery is required.

In eye drops, there are good things for this age group but are dangerous for other ages. Something that helps treat this disease is effective but harmful if used to treat other diseases.

Argyrol eye drops used to treat conjunctivitis (acute conjunctivitis, subacute conjunctivitis, viral conjunctivitis .). Very good medicine if in use. If the medicine is too long or used too long (usually not more than 10 days), the patient may be infected with silver in the eye (the patient's white whites look very bad). In addition, during the arrangement, it is easily mistaken for iodine-containing vials. Keep away from argyrol with these vials because mistaking the iodine in your eyes will cause eye burns.

Atropine (0.3% to 1%)

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is a pupillary dilator, used to treat iritis, eyelid iris (diseases that reduce vision, erect edges, sticking the iris).Atropine breaks down the areas of the iris, releasing the pupil hole, so it can heal lingual iris. A drop of atropine helps dilate pupils 7-11 days.

Atropine is a toxic drug in Table A. When small children pay attention to complications such as redness, convulsions . Want to avoid that complication, after a child must wait 5 seconds, then cover the perforation area, then wipe Excess medication.

Patients with acute glaucoma if atropine is present , the eye pressure is high, sometimes up to 40 mmHg, twice as high as normal. The patient had severe headaches, dilated pupils and looked at the lights with red blue halo . forced to operate.

Cloxit eye drops (0.4%) are antibiotics that work well for conjunctivitis (edema, redness, redness, photophobia .), but only in adults. But it is very toxic to babies (suffering from conjunctivitis, gonorrhea due to gonorrhea .). Small children with chlorine can have myelosuppression, leading to death.

Cortisone 1% is an anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, used to treat eyelid iris, very good uveitis. But when suffering from viral corneal ulcer, corneal ulcer due to tuberculosis, corneal ulcer . if cortisone is small, the disease will be more severe, sometimes even corneal perforation.

Pilocarpin (0.5% to 5%) is a drug that shrinks the pupil, due to the sphincter of the iris, making the pressure drop. The drug is used in the treatment of acute glaucoma. People with canchitis if the pilocarpin is small, the pupils shrink, the more iris becomes, the more sticky and pupil, leading to blindness.