eyeball tenderness
Introduction
Introduction Typical symptoms of pediatric optic neuritis are a sharp drop in vision and tenderness in the eye. There is no obvious change in the appearance of the eyeballs of the child. Only when the vision is completely lost, the pupils are scattered. In general, only the pupils do not have long-lasting light reflection. Therefore, if the child is suffering from an acute infectious disease and complains that the vision is unclear or the eyes are dull, parents should consider the possibility of optic neuritis and take the child to the doctor in time.
Cause
Cause
The cause of eye tenderness:
Optic neuritis is one of the common eye diseases in children, and its cause is mostly related to infection, and it often occurs after infectious diseases such as fever, measles or mumps. Of course, some children are caused by chronic inflammatory lesions or have optic neuromyelitis and hereditary optic atrophy.
Systemic diseases such as syphilis, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, and bacterial endocarditis can also cause optic neuritis.
Examine
an examination
Related inspection
Eye function examination Ultrasound examination of the eyeball and eyelids
Examination and diagnosis of eye tenderness:
Typical symptoms of pediatric optic neuritis are a sharp drop in vision and tenderness in the eye. There is no obvious change in the appearance of the eyeballs of the child. Only when the vision is completely lost, the pupils are scattered. In general, only the pupils do not have long-lasting light reflection. Therefore, if the child is suffering from an acute infectious disease and complains that the vision is unclear or the eyes are dull, parents should consider the possibility of optic neuritis and take the child to the doctor in time.
Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis:
Eye pain: often a complaint of symptoms in patients with eye diseases. Many lesions of the eyeball and its appendages can cause significant eye pain. Because of the different diseases, the location and nature of the pain are different, so it is necessary to combine other signs to further confirm the diagnosis.
Eye irritation: There are many causes of eye irritation. Corneal diseases can be caused. The normal eye surface is covered with a tear film, which is the basis for maintaining healthy and comfortable ocular surface. White-collar workers are staring at the computer for a long time, their concentration is high, their eyelids are wide open, and the tear evaporation increases more than usual. At the same time, the number of blinks is greatly reduced, resulting in insufficient moisture on the surface of the eyeball, and the radiation of the screen light is easy to appear. The eyes are dry and stinging.
Eye swelling: It is one of the diagnostic criteria for eye fatigue. Look tired and also called fatigue. The eyesight is caused by excessive eyesight, unsatisfactory emotions, loss of liver, spleen and kidney. In view of the fact that the object can not last for a long time, it is a visceral disease mainly characterized by dim, headache and eye swelling.
