Complementary Alternative Medicine for Viral Conjunctivitis treatment

Authors

  • Hassanat E. Mustafa,Ibrahim Abbakr Ibrahim, Baderia A. Elfaki Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48047/fsr0pa56

Keywords:

Onions, Conjunctivitis, Viral outbreak, Sudan, Complementary, Alternative Medicine.

Abstract

Background: Onions, one of the oldest cultivated vegetables thousands of years in the world and had culinary and medicinal effect.  
The study aimed: To assess the effects of onion as a complementary alternative medicine among participants diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis among the Sudanese communities.

Material and methods:  

This quasi-experimental study carried out in three states at Sudan (Khartoum, Aljazeera and North Sudan state) during the outbreak of conjunctivitis occurs in 2024. Snowball sampling technique was used to share the three plans for every infected person, first group applied onion juice as eye drops, second group cut the onion in circular parts and applied them as eye glass or batch and the 
third group rubbed their eyelids with the inner onion pulp. 

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References

Daniel Solano; Lanxing Fu; Craig N. Czyz. (2023) viral conjunctivitis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470271/

Dan T. Gudgel (Apr. 27, 2023) Quick Home Remedies for Pink Eye, Reviewed By K. David Epley, MD, Natasha L Herz MD, Ranya Habash,

Edited By David Turbert https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/pinkeye-quick-home-remedies

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Published

2025-03-10

How to Cite

Hassanat E. Mustafa,Ibrahim Abbakr Ibrahim, Baderia A. Elfaki. (2025). Complementary Alternative Medicine for Viral Conjunctivitis treatment . Cuestiones De Fisioterapia, 54(5), 240-252. https://doi.org/10.48047/fsr0pa56