PESHAWAR: After Karachi, the Conjunctivitis viral infection reached Peshawar as there are 5 to 6 conjunctivitis patients in every 20 to 25 people who come to the hospitals for eye complaints, Ophthalmologist Jinnah Medical College Peshawar said here Sunday.
Conjunctivitis is a self-healing infection, antibiotics, 01 etc. are not beneficial, Dr. Mahfuz Hussain said, adding, “The zxJK
affected people should wash their eyes with cold and fresh water and applying ice packs will reduce the pain.”
If the affected person’s eyes start to squint, understand that along with conjunctivitis infection, germs have also come, antibiotics can help, Dr. Mahfuz Hussain said.
The virus can be transmitted from one person to another person even by shaking hands and sitting close to infected people, Dr. Mahfouz Hussain said.
Wash your hands frequently and prefer to clean your eyes with tissue instead of hands and cloth, Dr. Mahfuz Hussain added.
Do not send affected children to school so that other children are protected from the virus, Dr. Mahfouz Hussain advised.
Cataract is such a virus, that the problem becomes more complicated by using sterilized bodies, Professor Dr. Mahfuz Hussain.
Among the affected people, most of the innocent children are affected by the infection, Dr. Mahfuz Hussain said Children of government schools, as well as private schools, are also suffering from conjunctivitis, Dr. Mahfuz Hussain said.