What Are the Signs of Pink Eye in Children?

Frequent blinking of children is clinically called abnormal blink syndrome. In the past, it was often thought that it was caused by conjunctivitis. Treatment with antibiotic eye drops alone was often not effective. Recently, with the increasing incidence in children, it has received extensive attention and research, and it is clear that the cause of the disease is mostly related to refractive error, visual fatigue, chronic inflammatory irritation or abnormal tics in the eye.

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Frequent blinking of children is clinically called abnormal blink syndrome. In the past, it was often thought that it was caused by conjunctivitis. Treatment with antibiotic eye drops alone was often not effective. Recently, with the increasing incidence in children, it has received extensive attention and research, and it is clear that the cause of the disease is mostly related to refractive error, visual fatigue, chronic inflammatory irritation or abnormal tics in the eye.

Visiting department

Ophthalmology

Common locations

head

Common symptoms

Children with paralysis and drooping face often blink and squint

Related diseases

Glaucoma trachoma pigmented glaucoma

I. The most common cause is the long duration of watching TV, playing computers, and playing video games. The main complaint is that it is difficult to blink frequently and accompanied by different degrees of foreign body sensation, redness, itching, dryness, etc. in some children. Chloramphenicol, Runshu and other eye drops should be taken for a long time before the consultation.

Second, ocular surface diseases, including trachoma, chronic conjunctivitis, keratitis, trichiasis and other common eye diseases.

Third, children with lead poisoning or partial eclipse lack trace elements, such as lead poisoning can cause blinking, mouth twitching, irritability, and lack of concentration.

4. Nervous system disorders, some children may have blinking with involuntary facial twitching due to facial and orbicular convulsions. Need to transfer neurological treatment.

Children often blink inspection: fundus examination, intraocular pressure.

Frequent blinking of a child may also be a symptom of tics. Symptoms of tics are various. Simple motor tics are commonly seen as blinking, eyeball rotation, nose twitching, tongue extension, head turning, nodding, neck extension, mouth opening, shrugging, abdomen, inhalation, etc. The complex tics of children with motor tic disorder show strange and varied postures and weird ugliness, such as impulsive touching of people or objects, jab movements, stomping, electroshock-like body shaking, walking roundabout, turning waist and hips, squatting and kneeling A series of continuous meaningless actions occur repeatedly.

It should be differentiated from the following symptoms:

Mandibular blink syndrome is a disease symptom that patients with unilateral ptosis and rectus dysfunction, but ptosis can disappear with jaw movements such as mouth opening and chewing ... If the drooping of the upper eyelid disappears during exercise, the jaw blink syndrome can be diagnosed.

It is mostly unilateral due to the abnormal connection between the congenital trigeminal nerve and the oculomotor nerve center or peripheral. When the open mouth and jaw move to the left and right, the blepharoplasty changes differently. The upper eyelid is lifted, the blepharoplasty is larger than that of the healthy eye; when the mouth is closed, the upper eyelid returns to the drooping position. As you chew, your eyelids keep blinking along with the chewing movement of your lower jaw. Partial ophthalmoplegia, esotropia.

Frequent blinking of children is abnormal and eye-catching. Improper handling will affect children's normal life, study and even affect their physical and mental development. Parents, teachers or classmates should be urged to understand and comfort them. Training, loud reprimand or ridicule should not be forced to prevent the child from overdoing Tense, increase the blink movement. For children with abnormal blink syndrome, they must first ask their living habits carefully. TV and computer game enthusiasts should try to limit them, and those with partial eclipse habits should work hard to correct them. Second, carefully check the eye conditions. For conjunctivitis, trachoma, The corneal epithelium with punctate damage and refractive error should be actively treated; finally, children with no symptoms are treated with psychological behaviors to distract their attention and overcome bad habits. Most children can be cured after comprehensive treatment.