Mrs Ama Henrietta Serchie, an Ophthalmic Nurse at the Hohoe Municipal Hospital, has advised Ghanaians to desist from pouring breast milk on their eye to cure eye problems.
According to her, breast milk is meant for babies not to cure eye problems which she termed as a bad methodology.
“Breast milk is not meant for the eye. It is meant for babies and it can transfer infections from the mother to the one putting it on the eye. Anything can happen,” she said.
Mrs Serchie in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during a free eye screening and surgical operations organised by Lifetime Wells Vision in collaboration with Friends Eye Centre from Tamale and Kumasi, advised people experiencing itchy eyes to seek medical help and stop rubbing their eyes.
She said people must avoid using seawater and herbal medicines as a form of treatment for their eyes anytime they felt there was a problem.
The Ophthalmic Nurse urged the public to have their eyes checked every six months and visit health facilities that had eye clinics while urging people not to wait till they went blind before seeking help.
The Nurse noted that it was important for people who brought eye conditions to health facilities or eye clinics to adhere to directives including dates given them for follow-ups.
Mrs Serchie also called on people to make eye clinics their first point of call when they experienced eye conditions.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
