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Red eyes outbreak scares Kampala
By Agnes K. Namaganda (email the author)
Posted Thursday, May 13 2010 at 00:00
The outbreak has spread in Kisenyi and been reported in Makindye. Red eyes can be prevented. However, when one of your family members gets it, seek medical care, writes Agnes K. Namaganda...
...Conjunctivitis is of two kinds: viral and bacterial, with the former being more contagious. ?We are waiting for Ministry of Health to come out and tell us which one of these it is but from the way it?s spreading, it must be viral,? Dr Makanga said on Monday.
At the moment, he says 397 people have received treatment but that there are still people out there in the community who haven?t come. ?This is because the disease is self-limiting meaning it can heal naturally without treatment.?...
Red eyes outbreak scares Kampala
By Agnes K. Namaganda (email the author)
Posted Thursday, May 13 2010 at 00:00
The outbreak has spread in Kisenyi and been reported in Makindye. Red eyes can be prevented. However, when one of your family members gets it, seek medical care, writes Agnes K. Namaganda...
...Conjunctivitis is of two kinds: viral and bacterial, with the former being more contagious. ?We are waiting for Ministry of Health to come out and tell us which one of these it is but from the way it?s spreading, it must be viral,? Dr Makanga said on Monday.
At the moment, he says 397 people have received treatment but that there are still people out there in the community who haven?t come. ?This is because the disease is self-limiting meaning it can heal naturally without treatment.?...