#conjunctivitis eye flu

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Avian Influenza: Protecting Yourself from Bird Flu

So far public officials have not called the bird flu outbreak an epidemic. But we've seen sufficient cases, including one death, to warrant being aware of the risk and taking reasonable precautions to avoid sick animals.

Birds, just like people, can get the flu. Another name for bird flu is avian influenza. The viruses that cause bird flu normally only infect birds, including chickens, other poultry, and wild birds such as ducks. But sometimes the viruses can infect other animals and, in rare cases, people. Bird flu is a subgroup of uncommon influenza A viruses that cause respiratory illness. These viruses are…

[asgeyecareindia]

Conjunctivitis, commonly known as “pink eye,” is an uncomfortable and contagious eye condition that affects people of all ages. Characterized by redness, itching, discharge, and discomfort in the eyes, conjunctivitis can result from various factors such as viruses, bacteria, allergies, and irritants. Given its contagious nature, prioritizing prevention and safety measures becomes essential. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the world of conjunctivitis, exploring its causes, symptoms, and most importantly, effective strategies for preventing its spread and ensuring safety.

[goyaleye]

आई फ्लू के फैलने के बारे में एक ग़लतफ़हमी है कि यह देखने से भी फैल सकता है। इसी गलत धारणा को ख़त्म करते हुए डॉ रितिन गोयल, आई फ्लू बचने के उपाय बता रहे हैं।

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[collapsedsquid]

In July, the bird flu spread from dairies in Colorado to poultry farms. To contain it, two poultry operations employed about 650 temporary workers — Spanish-speaking immigrants as young as 15 — to cull flocks. Inside hot barns, they caught infected birds, gassed them with carbon dioxide, and disposed of the carcasses. Many did the hazardous job without goggles, face masks, and gloves. By the time Colorado’s health department asked if workers felt sick, five women and four men had been infected. They all had red, swollen eyes — conjunctivitis — and several had such symptoms as fevers, body aches, and nausea. State health departments posted online notices offering farms protective gear, but dairy workers in several states told KFF Health News that they had none. They also hadn’t heard about the bird flu, never mind tests for it. [...] Farmworker advocates also pressed the CDC for money to offset workers’ financial concerns about testing, including paying for medical care, sick leave, and the risk of being fired. This amounted to an offer of $75 each. “Outreach is clearly not a huge priority,” Boggess said. “I hear over and over from workers, ‘The cows are more valuable than us.’”

[news612blogs]

How to Cure Eye Flu – A Visionary Guide to Soothing Eyes

Discover visionary remedies to cure eye flu and restore ocular health. From cool compresses to cucumber magic, embark on a healing journey for your eyes.

[banglakhobor]

বাড়ছে কনজাংটিভাইটিস! বর্ষায় আপনার চোখকে এই উপায়ে বাঁচান সংক্রমণ থেকে

বর্ষাকালে কিছু সাবধানতা ও সতর্কতা নিলেই এড়ানো যায় অস্বস্তিকর এই সংক্রমণ। কীভাবে সাবধানে থাকবেন, কীভাবে যত্ন নেবেন চোখের স্বাস্থ্যের, জানিয়েছেন স্ট��র্লিং হাসপাতালের চক্ষুরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ যোগেশ গুপ্তা। Source link

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[vydehihospital]

Eye flu, also known as conjunctivitis, is a common infection of the eye that can cause redness, swelling, and discharge. It is usually spread through contact with contaminated fluids, such as tears or mucus.

Visit our website to learn more about eye flu and how to protect yourself.

[covid-safer-hotties]

No worries if you genuinely have no idea about this, but do you think bird flu has the potential to become as bad as or worse than covid? So far, it seems to mainly only spread from animals to humans but I've heard that a lot more cases have been popping up recently so I'm nervous about it turning into a full blown human to human pandemic.

From what I've heard from working epidemiologists on Twitter, California is the only state that has been even partially proactive in testing and disease management. It's entirely likely many human to human cases are going untested and untraced because H5N1 has been in wild birds and some wild mammals from coast to coast since about last year (USDA has been tracking H5N1 wildlife spread since late 2022, starting in seabirds and seals if I remember correctly) and earlier this fall, there were multiple reports of poultry and diary workers with H5N1-type conjunctivitis who refused to quarantine or test and moved from state to state for work. That's not even mentioning the no known bird contact cases in Canada and several across the US. Even if there were some obvious cases of H5N1 presenting in hospitals, doctors by and large aren't testing for covid, flu, and RSV, and cases of RSV and Flu are rising right alongside Covid as we speak. Even if we weren't in yet another winter "tripledemic" ("quintdemic" if you count norovirus and whooping cough too), the Biden Administration has done it's damndest to defund some critical public health response apparatuses in order to cover up the persistent spread of covid. It's likely that by the time we confirm in a lab human to human spread, we will already have a full-blown epidemic on our hands, and then Trump will have the reins and his anti-public-health appointees will do their best to hamper the response because of the new amendment they'll pass giving Americans the right to raw milk. I'm being a little hyperbolic, but numerous epidemiologists and public health officials that I trust about covid have been growing more and more concerned with the lack of response to H5N1 among other illnesses. I don't think that H5N1 will be quite so bad as covid in terms of transmissibility and immune escape, and unlike covid we already have the tech and infrastructure to churn out flu vaccines, but I think the collective covid denial and demand to never have another Public health response ever again will make the impact more deadly in the start, especially because our hospitals are already at the brink of overwhelm before Covid has really kicked off for the winter. Sorry this was rambling but it's kind of flow of consciousness: there's a few years worth of reading and concern to sort through and I'm not sorting good right now.

This is my opinion as an aggregator of information and someone who's been watching the situation unfold for over two years now, not an expert. I'm not intending to frighten or spread misinformation, just saying right now is the time to invest in non-perishable foodstuffs, home necessities, masks, and maybe even goggles since spread via eyes is a concern with avian influenza. Be prepared, not sorry.

[ddurandals]

Damn

mom dad and i are sick so now i'm stuck in a house with two people who will shout or give each other the cold shoulder there's no in between

[asgeyecareindia]

Eye flu, also known as conjunctivitis, has been a concern in India due to its rapid spread and impact on vision health. Understanding the reasons behind its prevalence, its symptoms, and effective home treatments can empower you to take better care of your eyes. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the factors contributing to the spread of eye flu in India, the symptoms to watch out for, how the infection spreads, and practical home treatments to alleviate discomfort and promote recovery.

[mariacallous]

Yesterday, health officials in Louisiana announced that a patient who was hospitalized with severe bird flu in December has died. The individual contracted bird flu after exposure to a backyard flock and wild birds. It is the first death recorded in the United States attributed to H5N1, or avian influenza.

The person was over the age of 65 and reportedly had underlying medical conditions. The Louisiana Health Department has not released any more details about the patient.

A total of 66 people in the US tested positive for bird flu in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In all of the other cases, people developed mild symptoms and made a full recovery. But the Louisiana case is a stark reminder that avian flu can be dangerous. And as the number of human infections rises, health experts worry about more cases of severe illness—and potentially more deaths.

“This is an ongoing game of Russian roulette,” says physician Nahid Bhadelia, founding director of the Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases at Boston University. “The more virus there is in our environment, the more chances there are for it to come into contact with humans.” It was only a matter of time before bird flu turned deadly, she says.

The US is in the middle of an H5N1 outbreak that shows no signs of stopping. The virus has infected more than 130 million birds, including commercial poultry, since January 2022. In April 2024 it spilled into dairy cows for the first time. Though not fatal for cows, the virus has sickened more than 900 dairy herds in 16 states.

Most people who come down with bird flu are farm workers or others who have direct contact with sick animals. Of the 66 confirmed infections in the US last year, 40 had exposure to dairy cows, while 23 had exposure to poultry and culling operations. In the three other cases, the exact source of exposure is unknown.

Since 2003, more than 850 human cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported outside the United States, and about half of those have resulted in death. In a statement released Monday, the CDC said a death from H5N1 bird flu “is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with these viruses to cause severe illness and death.” Federal health officials say the risk of getting bird flu remains low for the general public, and there is no evidence that the virus is spreading from person to person anywhere in the country.

One of the puzzling aspects of the current US outbreak is why all the human infections until now have resulted in mild illness. “It could be that they're young, healthy people,” says Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and a professor of epidemiology at Brown University. “It could be that the way they're being exposed is different from how we've historically seen people get infected. There are a number of hypotheses, but at this point they're all just guesses.”

Nuzzo says it’s very possible that the Louisiana patient’s preexisting health conditions contributed to the severity of their illness, but also points to the case of a teenager in Canada who was hospitalized with bird flu in November.

The 13-year-old girl was initially seen at an emergency department in British Columbia for a fever and conjunctivitis in both eyes. She was discharged home without treatment and later developed a cough, vomiting, and diarrhea. She wound up back in the emergency department in respiratory distress a few days later. She was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit and went into respiratory failure but eventually recovered after treatment. According to a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the girl had a history of mild asthma and an elevated body-mass index. It’s unknown how she caught the virus.

“What that tells us is that we have no idea who is going to develop mild illness and who is going to develop severe illness, and because of that we have to take these infections very seriously,” Nuzzo says. “We should not assume that all future infections will be mild.”

There’s another clue that could explain the severity of the Louisiana and British Columbia cases. Virus samples from both patients showed some similarities. For one, both were infected with the same subtype of H5N1 called D1.1, which is the same kind of virus found in wild birds and poultry. It’s different from the B3.13 subtype, which is dominant in dairy cows.

“Right now, the question is, is this a more severe strain than the dairy cattle strain?” says Benjamin Anderson, assistant professor of environmental and global health at the University of Florida. So far, scientists don’t have enough data to know for sure. A handful of poultry farm workers in Washington have tested positive for the D1.1 subtype, but those individuals had mild symptoms and did not require hospitalization.

“In the case of the Louisiana infection, we know that person had comorbidities. We know that person was an older individual. These are factors that contribute to more severe outcomes already when it comes to respiratory infections,” Anderson says.

In the Louisiana and British Columbia cases, there’s evidence that the virus may have evolved in both patients to produce more severe illness.

A CDC report from late December found genetic mutations in the virus taken from the Louisiana patient that may have allowed it to enhance its ability to infect the upper airways of humans. The report says the changes observed were likely generated by replication of the virus throughout the patient’s illness rather than transmitted at the time of infection, meaning that the mutations weren’t present in the birds the person was exposed to.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the team that cared for the Canadian teen also described “worrisome” mutations found in her viral samples. These changes could have allowed the virus to more easily bind to and enter cells in the human respiratory tract.

In the past, bird flu has rarely been transmitted from person to person, but scientists worry about a scenario where the virus would acquire mutations that would make human transmission more likely.

For now, people who work with birds, poultry, or cows, or have recreational exposure to them, are at higher risk of getting bird flu. To prevent illness, health officials recommend avoiding direct contact with wild birds and other animals infected with or suspected to be infected with bird flu viruses.

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By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

The CDC study titled Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans was just published in The New England Journal of Medicine:

BACKGROUND Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human A(H5N1) cases identified from March through October 2024 in the United States. METHODS We analyzed data from persons with laboratory-confirmed A(H5N1) virus infection using a standardized case-report form linked to laboratory results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention influenza A/H5 subtyping kit. RESULTS Of 46 case patients, 20 were exposed to infected poultry, 25 were exposed to infected or presumably infected dairy cows, and 1 had no identified exposure; that patient was hospitalized with nonrespiratory symptoms, and A(H5N1) virus infection was detected through routine surveillance. Among the 45 case patients with animal exposures, the median age was 34 years, and all had mild A(H5N1) illness; none were hospitalized, and none died. A total of 42 patients (93%) had conjunctivitis, 22 (49%) had fever, and 16 (36%) had respiratory symptoms; 15 (33%) had conjunctivitis only. The median duration of illness among 16 patients with available data was 4 days (range, 1 to 8). Most patients (87%) received oseltamivir; oseltamivir was started a median of 2 days after symptom onset. No additional cases were identified among the 97 household contacts of case patients with animal exposures. The types of personal protective equipment (PPE) that were most commonly used by workers exposed to infected animals were gloves (71%), eye protection (60%), and face masks (47%). CONCLUSIONS In the cases identified to date, A(H5N1) viruses generally caused mild illness, mostly conjunctivitis, of short duration, predominantly in U.S. adults exposed to infected animals; most patients received prompt antiviral treatment. No evidence of human-to-human A(H5N1) transmission was identified. PPE use among occupationally exposed persons was suboptimal, which suggests that additional strategies are needed to reduce exposure risk. (Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)

[sicktember]

While waiting for the Sicktember 2024, June 15th reveal, check out these past prompts and collections for inspiration!

Sicktember 2023 - 2021 Past Prompts and Collections

💚2023 💚

[AO3 Collection]

Prompts List ⬇

1. Hopelessly Bad at Self-Care

2. Quest for a Cure

3. “What happened to your phenomenal immune system, huh?”

4. Hiding an Illness

5. Preventative Measures (Not Taken)

6. Sick and Injured

7. “You’re a Jerk When You’re Sick”

8. Persistent Fever

9. White Coat Syndrome

10. “The only place we’re going is to the pharmacy”

11. Beginner’s Guide to Faking Sick

12. Old Wives Tale

13. Anxious Stomach

14. ‘‘I shouldn’t be worried about you, but for some reason I am’’

15. Sick in an Inconvenient Place

16. Consulting the Internet/Web MD

17. Magical Remedy/Healing Potion

18. “Wear Your Coat, You’ll Catch a Cold”

19. Curled Up With a Pet

20. Cramping Pain

21. “But if you stay, you’ll get sick too”

22. Terms of Endearment/Nicknames

23. Coughing Fit

24. “Did you just sneeze?”

25. Confused/Disoriented

26. Pink Eye/Conjunctivitis

27. Uncooperative Patient

28. “I should have stayed home”

29. Side Effects/Adverse Reaction

30. Patient 0

2023 Alternate Prompts

Alt. 1.“I Could Really Use a Hug Right About Now”

Alt. 2. Fuzzy Socks

Alt. 3. Pounding Headache

Alt. 4. Forehead Kisses

Alt. 5. “I’m so sorry”

💚2022💚

[AO3 Collection]

Prompt List ⬇

1. ‘Do You Know How To Take Care of a Sick Person?’

2.  Homesick

3.  Painkillers

4.  Hangover

5.  'Great. Now I Have Your Germs All Over Me.’

6.  Sick on vacation

7.  A cry for attention

8.  Intense coddling

9.  Home remedy

10. Excessive use of tissues/ ‘Blow Your Nose’

11. Emergency Room/ Ambulance

12. Psychogenic Fever/Stress Induced Illness

13. Seasonal/Pet Allergies

14. ‘I Might Be A Teeny Tiny Bit Sick, But It’s Fine.’' 

15. Frostbite/Sunburn

16. Care Package

17. Syncope/Fainting

18. Nausea/Upset Stomach

19. Whining/Crying 

20.  Cold Sweat

21. ‘Does this look infected to you?’

22. Common Cold/Flu

23. Tepid Bath

24. ‘I Need You To Pull Over!’

25. Acid Reflux/Heartburn

26. Tickle in the Throat

27. Sleepless Night/s

28. Chronic Illness

29. Lethargy/Exhaustion

30. ‘Get Back in Bed!’ 

2022 Alternate Prompts:

Alt. 1. Soft Pajamas

Alt. 2. Vapor Rub

Alt. 3. Cuddling on the Couch

Alt. 4. Taking a Sick Day

Alt. 5. ‘Can You Be Brave For Me?’

💚2021💚

[AO3 Collection]

Prompt List ⬇

1. Fever

2. Persistent Cough/Sniffling.

3. Chicken Pox/Rash 

4. Headache/Migraine

5. Comfort Item (Plush/Blanket)

6. Nebulizer

7. Sneaky Temperature Check

8. Contagious

9. I’m Not Sick

10. Medicine/Injection

11. Bed Rest

12. Faking it

13. Appendicitis

14. Aches and Pains

15. Quarantine 

16. Hot Water Bottle

17. Ginger Ale and Crackers

18. Fever Dream/Hysteria

19. Addiction

20. Doctor’s Visit/Check Up

21. Unlikely Caregiver

22. Toothache

23. Ear Infection

24. Sneezing

25. Sick at School/Work

26. Strep Throat/Laryngitis

27. Blankets

28. Missing Out 

29. Motion Sickness

30. Food poisoning/Allergy

2021 Alternative Prompts:

Alt. 1:  Warm Soup

Alt. 2:  Too Many Layers

Alt. 3:  Vitamin C

Alt. 4:  Stay

Alt. 5:  Asleep on the Couch

[banglakhobor]

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অল ইন্ডিয়া ইনস্টিটিউট অফ আয়ুর্বেদের আয়ুর্বেদিক চক্ষুবিদ্যার সহকারী অধ্যাপক ডাঃ অঙ্কুর ত্রিপাঠি জানিয়েছেন যে কনজেক্টিভাইটিস বা চোখের ফ্লু ছড়িয়ে পড়ার জন্য অনেক কারণ দেওয়া হয়েছে। সংক্রামিত ব্যক্তির জামাকাপড় স্পর্শ করা, একসাথে ঘুমানো, একসাথে খাওয়া, হাত মেলানো, আলিঙ্গন করা, তাদের পোশাক যেমন তোয়ালে, রুমাল, তোয়ালে, বালিশ, বিছানা ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করা এবং বারবার হাত দিয়ে স্পর্শ করার ফলে এটি…