Ayurvedic review article on Kukunaka in children

Abstract

Ophthalmia Neonatorum is one of the diseases of neonates. In Ayurveda Kukunaka vyadhi was explained in samhita has similar features like Ophthalmia Neonatorum, so Kukunaka can be related to Ophthalmia Neonatorum. It is the conjunctivitis of newborns occurring during first month of life. It may be infectious or noninfectious. It causes pain & tenderness in eyeball, purulent, mucoid/ mucopurulant discharge, hyperaemia, photophobia and blindness if left untreared. Hence I decided to address Kukunaka (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) as it may lead to blindness, if left untreated.