{"id":12827,"date":"2024-01-25T05:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T05:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12827"},"modified":"2024-01-25T05:21:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T05:21:48","slug":"causes-symptoms-how-to-prevent-red-eye-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=12827","title":{"rendered":"Causes, symptoms &#038; how to prevent red eye disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past few days, there has been a growing concern about the increasing cases of red eye diseases, which have become common around the coastal city of Mombasa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disease which has hit Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has now been reported in Mombasa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symptoms of the red eye disease<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Identifying the red eye disease hinges on recognizing its distinctive symptoms. The most apparent sign is, unsurprisingly, the redness of the eye due to blood vessels becoming dilated and inflamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the measures to prevent red eye disease:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.Regularly wash hands     with soap and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.Avoid touching and rubbing eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.Avoid touching the face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.Avoid sharing personal items such as towels and makeup kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.Because it&#8217;s contagious, cover your mouth while coughing and sneezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.In environments where irritants like dust, chemicals, or smoke abound, wearing protective eyewear can serve as a formidable shield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.If you are prone to allergies, promptly address allergic reactions with antihistamines or other prescribed medications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FB_IMG_1706158095664-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FB_IMG_1706158095664-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FB_IMG_1706158095664-2-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 750px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few days, there has been a growing concern about the increasing cases of red eye diseases, which have become common around the coastal city of Mombasa The disease which has hit Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has now been reported in Mombasa Symptoms of the red eye disease Identifying the red eye disease [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG-20240125-WA0001.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12830,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12827\/revisions\/12830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}