The Tales Of Apollo

Hello! There! A very happy weekend from me to you😊🥰. Today I'm sharing my Apollo experience in response to this week's #hiveghana weekly prompt

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This has taken me down memory lane to account for my dreaded tale about the eye bacteria infection called Apollo

Apollo is an acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis that my fox and I dreaded so much while growing up. Every year, somewhere around the rainy season, I usually feel uneasy, and most times afraid that I might catch or get infected. But the funny thing is I never in person caught Apollo but that doesn't mean I can not relate to the stories. Many of my friends used to catch the infection year in, and year out.

I think I might have escaped this dreaded eye infection because of my Dad's warnings, once the infection broke out, he usually repeated these words to my siblings and me.

Never look at anyone in the eyes, as you never know who is infected, don't rub your eyes with your hands, and avoid staying at clustered places as much as possible.

Because of this, when it breaks out, I always heed my father's warning and I think it works because I never caught it, and the same thing with my siblings.

Once we hear that Mr. Apollo is in town, we will stop making direct eye contact with people until it is over. And I think it usually lasts a week or so. Somehow along the line, I can't remember seeing the outbreak in a very long time. They seem to no longer infect people around here and that is great because it used to be a pain in people's ass.

A little bit about Mr. Apollo you may ask?

Apollo is dated back to having its first outbreak in 1969 in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. The outbreak coincidental with the year of Apollo landing on the moon, hence it's called Apollo.

It is a viral and bacterial conjunctivitis, it is highly contiguous, as it can easily spread from one person to another. Through direct eye contact with an infected person, sharing of personal stuff like towels, eye lenses, or eye beauty products.

Prevention

Prevention they say is better than cure, below are some few ways one can avoid contacting Apollo whenever there is a breakout.

Do not have direct eye contact with an infected person. Like my Dad will always warn us.

Infected people should be isolated and be treated to avoid the spread.

Always wash your hands thoroughly, before touching your eyes.

People need to avoid sharing personal stuff, like beddings, towels and eye beauty products.

Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently to avoid contacting Apollo from dirty and infected hands.

Apollo treatment

Apollo can be treated by getting An appropriate prescription of antiviral medication from a doctor.

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