December 24, 2012

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Infectious Diseases

Category: Infectious Diseases 
Trachoma has an incubation period from 5-12 days from conjunctivitis, leading to trichiasis and eventually corneal damage. Clinical diagnosis of active disease is by presence of follicles and papillae on the conjunctival epithelium of the upper eyelid.

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