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Allergic conjunctivitis is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, with diffuse damage to the microvascular system in many organs, mainly involving the skin, kidneys, intestines, and joints. The disease occurs at any age but occurs most often in children and young adults.1. What is allergic conjunctivitis?
Allergic vasculitis is also known by many different names such as: Schonlein-Henoch vasculitis syndrome, anaphylactic purpura, purpura... is an autoimmune disease with widespread lesions. Microvascular system radiates in many organs in the body causing inflammation and bleeding of small capillaries in the skin, joints, intestines, and kidneys of the patient.
Allergic conjunctivitis predominantly occurs in children and young adults with 50% of cases occurring before 5 years of age and 75% occurring between the ages of 3 and 10, prevalence between the ages of 10 and 10. 2-16 about 2%, the incidence in men is 2 times higher than in women.
Complications of allergic conjunctivitis may be encountered such as: gastrointestinal bleeding, myocardial infarction, pleural effusion, renal failure, proteinuria,...
2. Is allergic conjunctivitis contagious?
This is a question that is of great interest to many people, especially those living with patients with allergic capillary disease.
Allergic conjunctivitis is a disease related to an autoimmune disorder, so the disease does not spread from person to person through contact.
3. Treatment of allergic conjunctivitis
The treatment of allergic conjunctivitis has no specific therapy, mainly symptomatic treatment, vascular protection, anti-allergic including:
3.1 Rest When the disease is in the acute stage, Patients need to rest for 1-2 months so that the symptoms of the disease gradually decrease, avoiding affecting health. In addition, patients should also build a reasonable diet to limit the impact on the digestive organs. It is advisable to increase the intake of soft, easy-to-digest liquid foods, divided into many small meals to avoid putting pressure on the colon. Limit the use of fiber, hot spicy foods that hurt the digestive system. 3.2 Taking drugs
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Use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and pain relievers: Paracetamol and derivatives are used in cases of joint pain, muscle pain, fever. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used to treat symptoms of severe joint pain that do not respond to ordinary pain relief, do not use when there is a combination of gastrointestinal symptoms. Corticosteroids: Drugs that reduce clinical and microscopic symptoms. Use Prednisolone 1-2mg/kg body weight/day for 3-4 weeks, then use it every other day or gradually reduce the dose. May be used alone or in combination with other immunosuppressive agents. Immunosuppressive drugs: Used in cases of severe kidney injury such as glomerulonephritis with extravascular proliferation, affecting more than 75% of glomeruli. The commonly used preparation is azathioprine at a dose of 3 to 4 mg/kg/24 hours in combination with corticosteroids, gradually reducing the dose for 6 months to 1 year, or cyclophosphamide can be used. Antibiotics: Penicillin is often used and gives good results in cases of streptococcal infections. Some other treatment measures such as: plasmapheresis, taking antihistamines, antispasmodics,... Transplant... Kidney: Kidney transplant is often used in cases of kidney damage and progression to chronic kidney failure. At this time, the doctor will consider and conduct a kidney transplant for the patient. After going home, the patient needs to rest in bed, take supportive medicines, take vitamins, add plenty of water and ensure a healthy diet. reasonable, nutritional and scientific. The symptoms of the disease can recur and cause other dangerous complications, so the patient needs to be very careful.
When suffering from allergic capillary inflammation, the patient needs to be hospitalized for treatment when necessary and the family should consult and advice from a specialist doctor. Absolutely follow the treatment regimen of the doctor, do not arbitrarily use the drug will affect the treatment process and lead to dangerous complications.
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