Conjunctivitis is on the rise! Protect yourself with these 4 tips, and check these eye-health apps 

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 With the cases of conjunctivitis growing each day, you must look out for yourself and your family. Follow these 4 tips and take advantage of 5 eye care apps.

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Avoid touching eyes: You can avoid pink eye by preventing direct contact of your eyes with your hands. This way bacteria will not get near your eyes.

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Maintain hygiene: Hygiene is a must during this season. Keep washing your hands and face with soap and splash clean water into your eyes when you return home to maintain sanitation and avoid getting infected.

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Maintain distance from affected people: Prevent coming in contact with people who have conjunctivitis until their symptoms are gone.

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Avoid sharing items: Don’t share personal items like towels, pillows, or eye makeup as the pink eye can spread through these means.

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EyeXam: This app helps patients to reach out to the best eye specialist through the app. You can easily schedule appointments, send real-time messages and contact them in time of need.

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Eye Handbook: This app contains 3,000 images, videos, and information on common eye diseases and conditions. It also provides eye calculators, ocular trauma scores, Eye Wiki, peer-to-peer forums, and patient education tools.

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OdySight®: This enables you to self-evaluate your eye condition. It provides recommendations for patients affected by eye disease who need regular and close monitoring 

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Dry Eye Rhythm: This app determines blink characteristics and determines maximum blink interval (MBI) and monitor symptoms of dry eye.

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VisionUp Eye Exercises: With this app, you can catch up with your eye workouts. It offers 50+ exercises, 7 training plans, and 12 tests to analyze vision.