Unfailing to the city that it was named after, Conjunctivitis or Madras Eye is back in the city again, on its annual visit. Its classical symptoms, including water and swollen eyes, make the scorching summer just more difficult to bear.

Change in climate

“Change in climate conducive for the conjunctivitis causing adeno virus to thrive,” explains M. Radhakrishnan, director, Regional Institute of Opthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital. In fact, the virus was first isolated at the RIOGOH, Egmore, way back in the 1900s.

Busting the myth that looking at someone with Conjunctivitis is sufficient to spread the infection, Dr. Radhakrishnan says it spread through indirect contact mostly.......Click for more

 Source Web Page: The Hindu