Question

You are the school nurse at Butler Imaginary Elementary School. This morning a second-grade teacher brought one of her students (named Panda) to your office. The student's left eye is swollen and bloodshot. The lining of the lower lid is bright red. The eye has thick yellow discharge in both corners. Panda says her eye hurts a lot and her vision is blurry.

Temperature 38^oC

Blood pressure 115/76

Pulse 112 bpm

Respiration 20

SpO₂ 99%

what is the diagnosis, treatment and is it communicable?

Answer 1

The student's left eye is swollen and bloodshot. The lining of the lower lid is bright red. The eye has thick yellow discharge in both corners. Panda says her eye hurts a lot and her vision is blurry.

The symptoms show bacterial conjunctivitis.

The first nurse has to wash the patient's eye with a clean cloth, it should be repeated according to the intensity of discharge.

Treatments include Antibiotics eyedrops and lubricating eyedrops.

Hot and cold compression can help to reduce symptoms.

Wearing eyeglass should be advised.

It can spread easily to other children because it is a communicable disease So, the patient should be isolated.