Vietnam - Pinkeye conjunctivitis infections up nationwide, some hospitalizations reports - 3 months early start to season

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SOCIAL 22:00 ON 09/18/2013
North of the pinkeye season
Average time per day Outpatient Department of the Central Eye Hospital receives patients from 1500-2000, in which patients with pinkeye about 20%.
Dr. Hoang Cuong, Head of Examination pinkeye epidemic usually occurs from December 4-7 every year. However, this year the disease until later (early September), mainly the Red River Delta provinces.

Pinkeye can occur at any age. There are many cases in the same family with the same 3-4 people by spreading disease. However, pinkeye is not severe if people know how to treat and care in time, doctors said Cuong.


Once infected, the patient should see a doctor.
According to medical experts, pinkeye spreads rapidly in the community with the initial manifestation eyes bulging, red, itchy, watery eyes, the patient was seen normal eyesight deterioration. In the more severe, the patient may be right eye, the eye membrane. The patient has systemic manifestations mild fever, sore nose-throat, swollen lymph glands before the hearing, photophobia, when swallowed sore throat and swollen lymph glands.

Pinkeye with diversity transmission via direct contact, such as the hand-eye, breath, saliva ... Normally the disease and happenings from within 5-7 days, but after this time if the disease not supported or that have the same symptoms at the eyes, throat and swollen lymph glands, then needed immediate medical facilities for ophthalmological treatment promptly, to avoid causing more respiratory complications such as bronchitis management, pneumonia.

Once infected, a person should drink plenty of fluids, rest, avoid dust, eye sunglasses help reduce glare stimulation with ice or cold can be more pleasing to the eye. Especially patients with pinkeye should not add water to dilute salt concentrations eye wash because if inappropriate saline can cause burning eyes. Best to use saline as directed by your doctor.

Next to that, the patient's family should not share things and talk to people facing the disease, and wash your eyes with saline solution daily, wash your hands with soap and sterilized. At the same time, the disease is not the pool.

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Pinkeye spreads nationwide
September 16, 2013 by tuoitrenews
Pinkeye spreads nationwide
Pinkeye, also called conjunctivitis, has spread widely in many provinces and cities, with the number of patients hospitalized due to the disease on the rise since early September. Dr. Trinh Bich Ngoc, deputy director of the Hanoi Eye Hospital, said pinkeye has occurred since the rainy season

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Pink-eye disease spreads in localities

24/09/2013 | 11:14:57
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The eye hospital in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho said since the beginning of September, more than 100 patients, mostly children, visit the hospital each day to seek conjunctivitis-related check-ups and treatment.
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In the central province of Binh Dinh, the provincial eye hospital reported more than 1,110 cases of pink-eye disease over the past four days.

The central city of Da Nang also counted more than 300 cases of the disease due to unhygienic water source as a consequence of the recent eighth storm.
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Pink-eye disease put under tightened control

26/09/2013 | 18:57:00

The Preventive Medicine Department under the Health Ministry on September 26 asked relevant agencies and departments to closely monitor the development of pink-eye disease (conjunctivitis) that has been spreading rapidly in many localities in Vietnam in recent days.
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Local health departments were urged to stand ready to provide medicines, facilities and timely assistance to localities and units in dealing with outbreaks.
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The combined number of pink-eye patients coming to the Hanoi Eye Hospitals and the Eye Hospital in Ha Dong district were up to nearly 1,200 over the past ten days.

... Many schools warned students and their parents to apply preventive measures, while allowing pink-eye-affected students to stay at home to avoid spreading the disease.
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Social Monday, 09/30/2013 13:03

Do not take the child with pinkeye to school

The red eye should immediately go to the medical facility

Hanoi does not "fire" cure pink eye

Pinkeye is spreading rapidly in many areas of the country with very complex movements.

* In Hung Yen province has more than a week now, pinkeye patients continued to increase. According to statistics, Hung Yen Eye Hospital care and prescription drugs for more than 400 patients, increased 2-3 times the number of patients suffering from pinkeye compared with the period before the outbreak. patient visit mainly concentrated in Hung Yen city and neighboring districts. In addition, the district and city hospitals in the province are treated dozens of cases a day, and many patients are not examined at the medical facility, which was self-medication or therapy medicinal drink at home.

Health Sector Hung Yen is done closely monitoring the situation, pinkeye epidemic development in the area, especially in schools, kindergartens, and guide the implementation of preventive measures, isolation, the prompt treatment of diarrhea cases. Hung Yen has made ​​several waves propagating to people how to prevent pinkeye as: do not share towels, eyeglasses, and other living things; prepare medication stocks, supplies, chemicals epidemic , supporting the local unit implementing measures to handle the outbreak, direct medical facility in the area to collect, isolating, treating patients, strengthening infection control in hospitals according to procedures prescribed by the Ministry of Health. * Pinkeye also tends to increase rapidly in the province of Kien Giang. Specialists II Nguyen Ngoc Hung, Head of Ophthalmology - Kien Hospital Jiang said the visit number, treatment at hospitals these days have more than doubled compared to normal days.

Every day more than 100 people in the eye examination than 50% of patients with pinkeye; overall in September with more than 1,500 people with pinkeye to treatment. Dr. Hung, Red eye is transmitted infections and respiratory tract secretions, spread very easily. When infected, asymptomatic patients should not know to prevent another person does not have pinkeye vaccine, only apply proactive preventive measures. Doctors recommend that people not infected should minimize exposure to patients and to maintain daily hygiene eyes. When the house along with pinkeye travel restrictions and contact with others, wash your hands with antibacterial soap. If children with pinkeye should be at home, not to go to school or crowded places to prevent and limit the spread of disease. Kien Giang Health Sector focus on implementing measures to quell pinkeye epidemic , strengthen the examination and treatment of patients. Besides p exchange with other relevant departments organized monthly peak dengue prevention and boosting the monitoring prevention of disease, most nursery c A (H1N1, H5N1, H7N9) and the disease often occurs during the rainy season; rien t implement the program "Red Journey" of provinces from 11 - 10/14/2013. Van Giap, Huy Hai

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