A Review: Pink Eye Outbreak in India

Abstract

Conjunctivitis or ‘Pink Eye’ is the inflammation or infection of the Conjunctivitis, the membrane covering the white part of the inner eyelid. The Conjunctiva is the thin, clear, mucus membrane that covers the white of the eye and the inner eyelid. Viruses causes up to 80% of all cases acute Conjunctivitis. All broad- spectrum antibiotic eyedrops seen in general to be effective in treating bacterial Conjunctivitis. Acute bacterial Conjunctivitis is common in children, with more than 50% of conjunctivitis cases beings bacterial in origin as per the mentioned evidences the present Review was designed to study outbreak of pink eye in the years 2023 considering past 4 to 5 years consist in July 2023 conjunctivitis cases data in Gujrat [India]: 2.17 lac, Delhi NCR[India]:1032, Maharashtra [India]: 87.761 K, Lucknow [ Up-India]: 40 to 46 Daily. The diseases cause normally 7 to 10 days.