Healthy habbits while Swimming to protect the eyes from bacterial infections

Swimming is a healthy exercise but don't let your eyes pay the toll for it. Take necessary precautions to protect your eyes from Bacterial Infection . Read more about it in an article of mine that appeared in today's Hindustan.

Use of Intraocular injections in treatment of eye diseases

For retinal infections first line of treatment is antibiotic eye drops,pills but there are many retinal diseases for which injection into the eyes become a must.This is most true for diseases like wet macular degeneration or serious infection which happens post cataract surgery.It should only be given by a retina specialist.Before the procedure is performed,medication drops are put to numb the eyes and to make the procedure least dis comfortable.To minimise the risk of infection ,eyes are cleaned with special iodine solution.Then a tiny needle is inserted into the white part of the eye (sclera) and the medicine is released.Few precautions are required before undergoing this procedure.First no make up to be worn on the day of procedure,second person undergoing the procedure should not himself drive back home after the procedure.All in all it is a very safe procedure with minimum risk of infection.
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