POST-COVID 19 PANDEMIC SIDE EFFECTS CONJUNCTIVITIS AND AYURVEDA
What is Conjunctivitis?
Conjunctivitis occurs because of inflammation in the conjunctiva is a thin clear tissue that is situated over the white part of the eye and mark inside the eyelid. It is also known as pinkeye. In conjunctivitis, the color of the eye can be red or pink with swollen and maybe there is a chance of having mucus.
This issue can occur in any of the eyes or maybe in both eyes at a similar time and because of this issue, people find it difficult to keep their eyes open for a long period of time. The most negative thing about conjunctivitis is that it is transferred from one person to another. It is caused by allergies or bacteria or maybe by viral infection.
COVID AND CONJUNCTIVITIS
According to a report, 1 to 4% of people with coronavirus will infect with conjunctivitis that is also known as pinkeye. Conjunctivitis is an eye infection and its symptoms are redness in the eye, itching, and swelling. This eye infection is also considered as the early symptom of covid-19 but having conjunctivitis doesn’t mean that person is surely covid-19 positive.
The second wave of coronavirus is named SARS-COV-2 and this enters into the body through a droplet of cough or sneeze, if a person is sneezing nearby another person then the droplets will surely enter into the body of another person and this will affect the health of the healthy person. This virus is quite dangerous and it not only enters through your mouth and nose even this virus can enter from your tears. Touching tears or the surface where tears have to settle down, two can be another entry to infection.
It is very important to take all the necessary precautions to keep yourself safe from various viruses and infections and for that, the most important thing is, do not touch your face and eyes, wash your hands again and again also add the mask as a compulsory habit, maintain social distance is something that is more than important to live a healthy and safe life and protect yourself from coronavirus and this will automatically reduce the chances of having conjunctivitis.
CAUSES
There could be various reasons which cause Conjunctivitis such as:-
Viruses – It is really hard to avoid the contact of hands with eyes but doing so can lead to serious infection. If your hands are contaminated with the virus and you touch your eyes with those hands then there will be sure chances of the virus to spread in your eyes.
Bacteria – Bacteria conjunctivitis can easily spread from person to person or from hand to eye and this can cause an eye infection.
The eyes are the most sensitive organ of the body which needs extra sensitive care but being careless and not having a neat and clean routine may sometimes affect our eyes for example using unclean eye makeup or sharing eye makeup products with others may cause conjunctivitis in the eyes.
If some things enter into the eyes which are not good enough for sensitive eyes, that can also cause eye infections like while washing hair, shampoo may get into the eyes which cause irritation, redness, and itching in the eyes, smoke and dirt may also create the same issue because both things are irritating for eyes.
Some people are allergic to few things like smoke, dust, and pollen, and if they come in contact with these things their eyes automatically get affected by them and this can be the reason for causing eye infection that is conjunctivitis.
Sometimes people use eye drops without concerning their doctor and those eye drops may cause infection if that doesn’t shoot to their eyes.
Fungi – When we are talking about the eyes then there are two types of fungal infection one is exogenous that comes in contact with eyes from an external source and endogenous that occurs from bloodstream infection and can easily spread in both the eyes.
SYMPTOMS
These are the few signs and symptoms that show when a person is suffering from conjunctivitis.
- Redness in the eyes is not a normal thing that’s why it shows that something is not right with the eyes. Redness in the white part of the eye or redness in the inner eyelid of the eyes shows that it may be conjunctivitis.
- If there is a sticky substance on the eyelashes then it may be the sign of eye infection especially if this occurs in the morning when you just wake up and are not able to open your eyes properly because both the eyelashes stick with each other because of that white substance.
- Whenever something is wrong with your eyes the first thing which indicates you this is a headache.
- If it becomes very usual to have tears in your eyes then it is obvious that your eyes need a proper checkup and it may result in a kind of infection.
- Your eyes may start getting yellow, green, or white discharge and this may coat over your eyelashes.
- Itching in the eyes is the primary symptom of having any kind of infection which may occur because of a virus or bacteria anything.
- When eyes start getting blurred vision and along with that if the burning of eyes also occurs this gives you a clear indication that this may lead to some serious issue in the eyes.
AYURVEDA
According to Ayurveda, conjunctivitis is related to netrabhishyanda. If we consider Ayurveda science then it generally occurs because of the imbalance of pitta and Kapha doshas. Netra means eyes and abhishyanda means moist field. Eyes are the site of fire element but if Kapha dosha gets annoyed in the eye it starts attacking the pitta in the eyes and fire here means pitta whereas dosha here means water. These all conditions result in redness of eyes, watery, yellow discharge, and inflammation and this is known as netrabhishyanda.
TREATMENT
- Amalaki – Amalaki is an herb that is rich in vitamin C and is used in Ayurveda as a Rasayana therapy which is very helpful to cure eye problems.
- Bhibhitak – This herb is having all the magical benefits that have an immense feature to treat all types of conjunctivitis.
- Haritaki – This herb is very beneficial for the treatment of various eye problems from water in eyes to conjunctivitis, swelling in eyes to dry eyes, this herb is all in one solution for eyes.
- Nagarmotha – This can treat various eye problems.
- Punarnava – Usage of this herb can help you to keep your eyes safe from various eye issues even before the problem occurs. For example, it prevents swelling, infection, irritation, etc.
- Daru Haldi – This will surely help in reducing the conjunctiva by removing the eye infection because conjunctiva is nothing but a kind of eye infection only.
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