A 54-year old UAE resident nearly went blind recently following a severe corneal infection that worsened post-eye surgery.

Eye infections are common and, like the flamboyant performer, easy to spot. Symptoms vary from redness, itching and swelling to pain and blurred vision and can linger for a few days to several weeks.

According to the American Society for Nutrition, only about 7% of Americans are eating the recommended amount of fiber (at ...

WHO honors India for eliminating trachoma, a bacterial eye infection causing blindness. India's success marks a major step in ...

Besides being infectious, certain eye infections need urgent care, antibiotics as well as other medicines, and can have serious repercussions if not treated. Eye infections are not all contagious. The ...

Infectious disease control in neonatal units is often reactive, only after several babies fall ill at the same time.

Antibiotics don't work at all on viruses — the most common cause of pink eye. And even mild eye infections from bacteria will resolve on their own in most cases, the medical group says. Pink eye is ...

Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is the inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva, the transparent membrane that covers the white part of the eyeball and inner eyelid. Some forms (bacterial, ...

Amoxicillin and Augmentin (a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate or clavulanic acid) are both antibiotics commonly prescribed to treat bacterial infections, but they are not the same medication ...

However, their value in the management of uncomplicated skin infections is not yet clearly defined. This literature review discusses various topical antibiotic treatment options for uncomplicated ...