Red Eye, Should the Doctor?
Many people think the red eye disease caused by inflammation of the conjunctiva (acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis / AHC) is too light to be brought to the eye doctor, which is sufficient to consume the drugs are sold freely. Really red eyes can be treated yourself?
Dr. Florence Meilani Manurung, Sp.M, a specialist in children’s eyes from the Jakarta Eye Center (JEC) said the decision to treat his own red eyes may be done by the patients during the early stages. However, if the red eye had suffered more than three days it shall be examined by an eye doctor. This is done to avoid more severe infections, given the red-eye is a disease caused by bacteria and viruses, as well as diagnosis and treatment to prevent errors.
“Because most drugs are sold free eye does not contain antibiotics, when to turn off the germs that cause these diseases attack needed antibiotics,” said Florence.
Apart from self treatment, there also decided to request the prescription the pharmacist, by reference to the red-eye disease. But unfortunately, said Florence, a pharmacist can not accurately diagnose the disease. If red eye is caused by glaucoma diidap, not ordinary inflammation, then you most likely wrong drugs.
“Your eye doctor will certainly scrutinize the cause of the red-eye to drug therapy and then providing eye drops and ointments. Both of the levels of antibiotics that have been calculated. The medicine itself is very rarely take antibiotics given to inflammation of the conjunctiva or the AHC,” he explained.