What are the treatments for orbital and periorbital cellulitis?

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A child who has orbital or periorbital cellulitis should be hospitalized without delay. Antibiotics are used to stop the spread of infection and prevent damage to the optic nerve, which transmits visual images to the brain.

Symptoms of optic-nerve damage or infection that has spread to sinus cavities close to the brain include:
- very limited ability to move the eye
- impaired response of the pupil to light and other stimulus
- loss of visual acuity
- papilledema (swelling of the optic disk--where the optic nerve enters the eye)
One or both eyes may be affected, and eye sockets or sinus cavities may have to be drained. These surgical procedures should be performed by an ophthalmologist or otolaryngologist.
Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.";
<div class="section1"> <p>A child who has orbital or periorbital cellulitis should be hospitalized without delay. <i>Antibiotics</i> are used to stop the spread of infection and prevent damage to the optic nerve, which transmits visual images to the brain.</p> <p>Symptoms of optic-nerve damage or infection that has spread to sinus cavities close to the brain include:<ul> <li>very limited ability to move the eye </li> <li>impaired response of the pupil to light and other stimulus </li> <li>loss of visual acuity </li> <li>papilledema (swelling of the optic disk--where the optic nerve enters the eye)</li> </ul></p> <p>One or both eyes may be affected, and eye sockets or sinus cavities may have to be drained. These surgical procedures should be performed by an ophthalmologist or otolaryngologist.</p> </div><p><i>Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.</i>";

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