”Red eye is the common name for acute bacterial or viral conjunctivitis with infectious and epidemic redness of the eyes, congestion or bleeding of the conjunctiva, and increased discharge. ”The common bacteria that cause this disease are Bacillus influenzae, Staphylococcus and Diplococcus pneumoniae. Babies often have a history of colds or contact with patients with “pink eye”. 1-3 days after the acute onset, lacrimation, burning sensation, foreign body sensation; there is a lot of mucous or purulent discharge, often so that the child can not open his eyes in the morning; eyelid redness, swelling, bulbar conjunctiva (i.e., “white eye”) is obviously congested, there are The eyelids are red and swollen, and the conjunctiva (i.e., the “white eye”) is obviously congested, and some children may have subconjunctival hemorrhage. The viruses causing this disease are mainly adenovirus and coxsackievirus, which are highly contagious and can cause regional or wider epidemics. In addition to symptoms of acute bacterial conjunctivitis, children may have high fever, sore throat, fine dotted clouding of the cornea, and enlarged and painful preauricular lymph nodes. In rare cases, lower limb paralysis is also a complication. ”Red eye is mainly transmitted by contact. Healthy eyes can be infected by contact with things contaminated by the patient’s eye droppings or tears, such as towels, handkerchiefs, washbasins, computer keyboards, books, toys or doorknobs, money, etc., and the disease will develop within a few hours or 1-2 days. . If the disease is caused by adenovirus, it will develop in 5-6 days. Children are very active, so if we don’t pay attention to prevention, the disease will spread quickly to the whole family or the whole kindergarten. ”Red eye prevention and care Red eye is so infectious, so how to prevent its spread? How to keep your baby from catching pink eye? Parents must do: 1, once the baby has red-eye should be properly isolated, do not take him to the door, do not go to kindergarten, do not go to the barber store, bath, so as not to spread the disease; 2, the baby with red-eye used towels, handkerchiefs and basins to boil disinfection, dry before use, and for him to prepare a special washing utensils; 3, a light diet, eat more vegetables, fresh fruit, etc., to keep the bowels open; 4, open the affected eye, not to cover the eye, not to cover the baby. 4, open the affected eye, do not cover, otherwise eye secretions can not be discharged, but aggravate the disease; 5, usually teach the child to pay attention to personal hygiene, do not use dirty hands to rub the eyes, diligent nail cutting, before and after meals to wash hands. When there is a lot of eye discharge, wipe it with a clean handkerchief or gauze. Washing utensils are for personal use, and try not to go to public places during red-eye epidemics. Warm tips: once suffering from pink eye, you should go to the hospital in time to ask the doctor, the doctor will make a bacterial or viral judgment, the right medicine, if the treatment is not complete can become chronic conjunctivitis and cause complications.