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What std causes blindness in a newborn?
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STD & Blindness: Gonorrhea can cause blindness and systemic diseases such as meningitis and septic arthritis in infants infected during delivery. To prevent blindness, all newborns delivered in hospitals have their eves treated with medication specific for gonorrhea.
Answered 8/14/2012
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