Pediatric conjunctivitis

Abstract

Pediatric conjunctivitis is a common condition in childhood It has often benign etiology and a self limited course Conjunctivitis may occur due to infectious and non infectious causes Infectious causes include bacterial and viral conjunctivitis; noninfectious causes include allergic and chemical conjunctivitis The diagnosis should be done according to clinical symptoms and findings Also the treatment should be applied according to causes In this review; the etiology diagnosis course and treatment of pediatric conjunctivitis will be described Turk Arch Ped 2012; 47: 240 6

Keywords

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Çocuklarda konjonktivitler

Öz

Konjonktivitler çocuklukta sık karşılaşılan bir durumdur Genellikle selim etiolojiye ve kendiliğinden iyileşen bir seyre sahiptirler Konjonktivitler enfeksiyon veya enfeksiyon dışı nedenlerle oluşmaktadır Enfeksiyona bağlı olanlar bakteriyel ve viral konjonktivitler; enfeksiyon dışı olanlar alerjik ve kimyasal konjonktivitlerdir Tanı klinik belirti ve bulgulara göre konulmalıdır Etkene göre de tedavi uygulanmalıdır Bu derlemede çocuklarda konjonktivitlerin etiolojisi tanısı seyri ve tedavisi anlatılacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Alerjik konjonktivit
• bakteriyel konjonktivit
• çocuk
• viral konjonktivit

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