GONORRHEAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; ITS TREATMENT.

Treatment of vernal conjunctivitis.

THE aetiology of vernal conjunctivitis is not yet established apart from a supposed association with "allergy ". Fibrolysin (Luedde, 1920), acetic acid, lactic acid (Tontscheff, 1929), chaulmoogra oil (El-Tobgy, 1933), and other classical "magic eye-drops ", have all proved useless. No specific therapy has been found apart from palliatives till the disease subsides of its own accord. The clinic...

Treatment of neonatal conjunctivitis.

The effect of different treatment regimens on clinical and microbiologic cures of neonatal conjunctivitis was evaluated during a 32-day observation period. In 84 infants with mild to moderate conjunctivitis and no signs of dacryocystitis, clinical cures were achieved in more than 50% of the cases with lid hygiene only. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism (48%) isolated from these...

Treatment of Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis

Allergic conjunctivitis affects approximately 15% of the global population and has a higher prevalence of about 40% in industrialized countries such as the United States. Seasonal allergy sufferers present with a variety of signs and symptoms, but patients frequently report that ocular allergy symptoms are the most bothersome. Many topical ocular prescription therapies are available and are inc...

Vasotomy in the Treatment of Chronic Seminal Vesiculitis of Gonorrheal Origin.

CHRONIC seminal vesiculitis of gonococcal origin has been termed the " bete noire " of urogenital surgery, and rightly so. It is one of the most difficult conditions with which we have to deal. The seminal vesicles are affected in more than half the cases during the first weeks of an antero-posterior infection. The symptoms are not generally recognised at the time because they are ascribed to a...

Preliminary Report on the Use of Chloramphenicol (chloromycetin) in the Treatment of Acute Gonorrheal Urethritis.