Children's eyes show diseases
In the morning, children's eyes have so much rheum that they cannot open their eyes; lashes are full of water (watery lashes), eyes drop tears, eye-bulbs moving and they feel painful and tired.These are frequent descriptions of children having flu of the beginning period.
The eyes have close relationship with the whole body; many diseases can affect the eyes and some symptoms appear firstly in the eyes. Since children can not tell about their illnesses, if parents want to know if children are having illnesses or not, they should know to look in children's eyes for assessment of diseases.
Mumps: Eyelashes are full of water (dropsy); congest, fear light, drop tears, the lower eyelid hasies down or become narrower, they have vague vision and blink eyes but not too serious.
Progressing meningitis: Eyelashes are watery and appears hemorrhage areas, after that the upper lash hasies down, swollen conjunctiva; the pupil stretches out or convulses and narrows; if the disease is serious, the eye-bulb shakes, or ....or too sensitive to flash or react slowly, often accompanied with conjunctivitis, congested conjunctiva and secreted liquid.
Measles: The children's eyes are suddenly watery, afraid of ray light, don't want to open the eyes; if they look at light, their eyes are closed, like darkness, slight red eyelashes, secrete much liquid, congested conjunctiva, dazzled, decreased eyesight. These are foretold symptoms of measles.
Varicela : At first they fear light, drop tears, then the eyelids are swollen and spots like water drops rise in both eyelashes; the eyesight decreases, and sometimes blinking.
Hives: Two eyelids slightly swell, eruptions rises like those on the face and the tear pipe can be blocked; the pupil hole reacts slowly to light.
Red sored eyes: The eyes seems to have foreign body inside, look vaguely, the liquid secretes a lot; congested conjunctiva and reduced eyesight.
Hepatitis: The eye-bulb is orange, look at one thing into two things vaguely, the eyelashes are painful, red and drop tears.
Inborn cataract: These children are afraid of light, shed tears, cry; eye-ball and the diameter across the pupil increase.
Diseases inside the brain or brain tumor: The pupils are suddenly different in measure - one is smaller or bigger than the other; walk lame. It's needed to take the children to hospital immediately.
Retina cells cancer: The pupil hole is very bright, it can be yellow or reflects white as cat's eyes. Children need to be taken to hospital, if later the disease may go to the brain and the whole body, and dangerous to life.
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