My Grand daughters School has told the children that if they find they have got blood shot eyes they must go to Hospital straight away.
Has anyone else's children been told this by their school .
Is it an infection that is being past from child to child?

pink eye - contagious - can be picked up by touch.  conjectvitus or however it's spelled.  irritating. easy to treat. 

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Pink eye.  google it

 

 

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Last week my son had it, transferred it to my wife.
Apparently half the children at the nursery had it.

I had it two months ago.

Moved to the health forum.

As mentioned, pink eye (Conjunctivitis)  and it is going around in Chiang Mai also.

Some background.

 

MOPH warns of Pink eye outbreak
 

Published on February 23, 2014 by TFP 

 

BANGKOK, 23 February 2014 – The Director-General of the Department of Disease Control (DDC) says conjunctivitis or pink eye is spreading at the moment and calls for measures to help deal with the problem.

DDC Director-General Sopon Mekthon, says the Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE) reported the number of pink eye infected patients from January1- February 16, was 15,963 cases from 77 provinces, a ratio of 25.09 to 100,000 people. Most cases were found in people between 35-44 years old (11.96%), followed by those 45-54 years old (11.53%), and the 25-34 year old group (11.30%). Most cases are from undisclosed occupations (30%), followed by farmers (23.8%) and students (19.8%). The five provinces found to have the most infected patients include Pattalung, Pattani, Narathiwat, Prachinburi and Songkhla.

 

Pink eye is one of the most often reported eye infections , and most commonly spreads in the Northern region among young children. It is a seasonal disease that usually spreads from July to August while the highest number of reported cases occurs from September to October, the rainy season.

 

Significant outbreaks occur every 2-3 years. So far, there have been no reports of deaths from infected patients. Infection with the disease can be through physical contact with an infected carrierâs eye or by bodily fluids spread onto fingers or belongings such as towels. Symptoms include eye irritation and itching, inflammation of the conjunctiva and inability to bear strong light.

 

Although this is a non-lethal disease, the yearly infection rate is in a ratio of 100 per 100,000 people. Outbreaks typically occur in big communities, crowded areas, schools, and nurseries.Health professionals are advised to target these locations to prevent spreading.

 

(NNT: Palladda Muangsiri)

 

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