NEONATAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
NEONATAL CONJUNCTIVITIS: also known as ophthalmia neonatorum, is a form ofconjunctivitis and a type of neonatalinfection contracted by newborns during delivery. The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal from a mother infected with either Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis.Signs and symptoms :Neonatal conjunctivitis by definition presents during the first month of life. It may be infectious or noninfectious. In infectious conjunctivitis, the organism is transmitted from the genital tract of an infected mother during birth or by infected hands. Pain and tenderness in the eyeball Conjunctival discharge: purulent, mucoid or mucopurulent depending on the cause Conjunctiva shows hyperaemia and chemosis, eyelids are usually swollen, Corneal involvement (rare) may occur in herpes simplex ophthalmia neonatorum .
