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Precautions from Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis has been pretty common in recent few weeks.
What are some of the common precautions one can take to keep infection at bay.
It would be great if you could mention eye drops or any other household remedies.
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Yes personal hygiene is. Ost important.
Wash your hands every time you touch your eyes if you are infected
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If you are not infected then
Wash your hands every time you want to touch or wipe your eyes
Keep you hankey, towel, pillow, pen,mobile and other daily use items separate.
Sanitize the door handles, taps etc also.
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Maintain hygiene
Wash your hands with soap and waters
Wear goggles Or glasses
Keep your handkerchief, towel and bedsheet seperate
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maintain basic hygiene.
Wash hands regularly
Avoid touching eyes.
Separate your towels.
Consult sos
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Dr. Awanjala Varshney
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
23 yrs exp
Aligarh
#Maintain hygiene.
#Wash hands every time you touch your eyes.
# Frequent eye wash with eyes closed
# Do not splash water inside the eyes
# Do not rub your eyes.
# Keep separate hand towel/ wash pillow cover daily
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Eye drops are for symptomatic treatment not for prevention and depend on patients complaints, can't generalze.
You need to consult for that.
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Dr. Ravi Chandna
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
9 yrs exp
Bhopal
Hand Hygeine
Don't touch your face without washing hands
Sanitize commonly touched areas in house.
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Dr. Sana Rasheed
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
5 yrs exp
Bangalore
Wash your hands after contact with an infected person
Avoid touching your eyes with unwashed hands.
Do not share items used by an infected person
do not share pillows, washcloths, towels, eye drops, eye or face makeup, makeup brushes, contact lenses, contact lens storage cases, or eyeglasses.
Avoid crowded places
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