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Follow the links below to find information on eye infections, including trachoma.
Updated December 2007
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Novelty contact lenses
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Contact lenses can be used to correct vision, like a pair of glasses. Novelty contact lenses don't change your vision, but can change the appearance of your eyes.
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Sep 2008
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Styes
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Styes are infections in the eyelids, in glands next to the base of an eyelash. They can be very painful.
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Jul 2008
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Trachoma
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Better Health Channel
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Trachoma is a bacterial infection of the eye that can cause complications including blindness. This communicable disease is common in many outback Aboriginal communities. Risk factors include poor hygiene, crowded housing and poverty. Trachoma was also known as sandy blight.
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May 2008
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Novelty contact lenses
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Contact lenses can be used to correct vision, like a pair of glasses. Novelty contact lenses don't change your vision, but can change the appearance of your eyes.
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Apr 2008
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Novelty contact lenses
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Contact lenses can be used to correct vision, like a pair of glasses. Novelty contact lenses don't change your vision, but can change the appearance of your eyes.
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Apr 2008
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Topical corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for bacterial keratitis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Bacterial keratitis or corneal inflammation due to bacterial infection, is a potentially sight threatening condition. Risk factors for bacterial keratitis, a serious ocular condition that can result in visual disability, include contact lens wear, ocula...
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Aug 2007
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Stye
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myDr
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A stye (sty) or hordeolum is an infection of a follicle or gland at the base of an eyelash.
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Aug 2007
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Styes
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Better Health Channel
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A stye is an infection of the eyelash follicle, usually caused by the staphylococcus bacterium. Most styes get better within a few days. Treatment options include hot compresses and antibiotic creams. Professional lancing and drainage may be needed in severe cases
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May 2007
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Taking Care of Your Eyes
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information about how you can protect your eyes from injury and disease.
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May 2006
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Interventions for trachoma trichiasis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Trachoma is a form of chronic inflammation of the transparent mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the white of the eye (conjunctiva). It is a bacterial infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis that is associated with poverty and is most p...
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Mar 2006
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Tears
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myDr
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Tears are usually associated with crying, but are important for protection, lubrication and cleaning.
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Sep 2005
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Blepharitis
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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Blepharitis or chronic inflammation of the eye lid is a very common and distressing condition. The symptoms can be mild and consist simply of a gritty sensation and sore eye lids (the most common type). Or, it may be more severe and cause deformity of the eyelids resulting in the eye lashes growing inwards.
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Jan 2005
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Face washing promotion for preventing active trachoma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Trachoma is an infectious eye disease. Active infection usually begins in childhood and is characterised by eye discharges, redness and irritation. Poor facial hygiene can lead to the disease spreading from person to person through eye-seeking flies or ...
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Mar 2004
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Antibiotics versus control for toxoplasma retinochoroiditis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis occurs when a parasite called toxoplasma gondii gets into the retina (the light sensitive layer inside the eye) and the choroid (layer of the eyeball near the retina). This causes inflammation that can scar the retina and re...
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Nov 2001
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Contact lens care
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| Publisher: |
myDr
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| Description: |
Caring for contact lenses requires a combination of cleaning, disinfecting, soaking and wetting, rinsing and storing.
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Jul 2001
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