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What is conjunctivitis?

Conjunctivitis   is also known as pink eye. Conjunctivitis is the inflammation or infection of the eyeball and the inner eyelid. It causes irritation to conjunctiva.

 Conjunctivitis covers the white part of the eyeball. Conjunctivitis is extremely contagious and spreads by contact with eye secretion of the infected person.

Symptoms

The symptoms of conjunctivitis includes :

  • Pink or red color in the white part of eyes
  • Swelling of conjunctiva
  • Increase in tears production
  • Irritation in eyes
  • Itch in eyes
  • Puffy eyes
  • Swollen eyes
  • Nasal congestion
  • Runny nose
  • Sneezing
  • Sensitive to light
  • Burning in eyes
  • Thick yellow discharge
  • Sensitivity to light

Does homeopathy treats conjunctivitis?

Homeopathy system of medicine has the natural form of medicine .

The homeopathy science of medicine concentrates its attention on the particular part of the organism. So it relates the disease with particular tissues and organs to treat those parts-tissue or organs primarily with specificity and separately as a result homeopathy has a quick solution of relief from conjunctivitis.

The homeopathic medicines can manage the symptoms of conjunctivitis very well. To  heal the disease with the complete cure and to remove the rootcause of disease, homeopathic medicines works with efficacy.

Duration of homeopathic medicine

 Using homeopathic medicines it takes around 7 to 10 days to heal conjunctivitis completely.

Initiating homeopathic medicines can reduce the time span of disease.

Causes

 The common cause of conjunctivitis is viruses, bacteria or allergens.

Other causes are

  • Contact lens wearing
  • Chemicals
  • Foreign bodies in eyes
  • Amoeba and parasite
  • fungi
  • Smoke, dust, fumes, or chemical vapour

 Conventional treatment

  • Antibiotic eye drops or ointment
  • Antihistamines
  • Decongestant
  • Hot or cold compression

Homeopathic medicines for conjunctivitis are :

  • Euphrasia
  • Apis mellifica
  • Argentums nitricum
  • Ruta
  • pulsatilla