Seven new cases of a very rare form conjunctivitis disease have been reported at a city hospital in Chennai with the hospital ophthalmologists warning that this could be a start of a fresh outbreak.
Seven new cases of a very rare form conjunctivitis disease have been reported at a city hospital in Chennai with the hospital ophthalmologists warning that this could be a start of a fresh outbreak.
The disease, called microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis, was first detected more than 35 years ago and less than 100 cases have been confirmed across the globe, though more than 60 percent of the patients were from Orissa.
About Conjunctivitis | Pink Eye
Conjunctivitis or Pink Eye causes redness and soreness of the conjunctiva and is responsible for 1% of all emergency visits to a hospital.
Conjunctivitis or Pink Eye causes redness and soreness of the conjunctiva and is responsible for 1% of all emergency visits to a hospital.
Microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis was confirmed after the doctors conducted an eye smear test with six more patients testing positive for the disease in the next two weeks.
Source-Medindia
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