Clinical Guidelines For Eye Care In Kenya eye diseases are ranked eight among the top 10 causes of morbidity.Blindness prevalence is estimated at 0.7%. At the current population this translates to about 224,000 people being blind, with close to 672,000 suffering from low vision. Eighty per cent of the causes of blindness are either curable […]
Month: February 2023
Navigating the Maze of Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions: What You Need to Know
Epistaxis Bleeding through the nose, due to nose picking, trauma (fall in games, assault, etc.), nasal and paranasal neoplasms, nasal infection, systemic derangements,, e.g., acute fevers, hypertension, renal disease with uraemia, abnormalities of blood clotting, and foreign bodies in the nose. Management Immediate: Sit the patient up (to avoid aspiration).; Pinch the nose for 10-20 […]
The Ins and Outs of Eye Trauma: Prevention, Symptoms, and Treatment
The eye is a delicate external organ and it is easy for it to be injured. Eye injuries are generally classified as penetrating and non penetrating and include corneal and conjunctival foreign bodies and abrasions, burns (dry heat and chemical burns), blunt trauma (contusion), penetrating injuries to the eyeball (perforations), injuries to eyelids, orbital injuries, […]