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Can salt water and alchohol baths help with river blindness infection?
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I don't think so: If i had onchocerciasis, i would opt for oral Ivermectin or possibly doxycycline. I wouldn't bank on saline/alcohol baths doing the trick.
Answered 4/24/2015
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