This inflammation or infection causes blood vessels in these areas to become more pronounced and make the whites of the eyes take a pink or red color.
What caused this inflammation?
It might be virus, bacteria, allergy , chemicals or trauma.
Let's see what you need to do and how best to take care of this.
We will take a look at the symptoms and answer the following questions:
Symptoms of pink eye include:
The symptoms of pinkeye include:
Symptoms include:
Symptoms include:
If most of those symptoms apply to your child, then he or she may be looking at a pink eye.
If none applied to the child, you may not be looking at a pink eye infection.
Let's continue and see what type of pink eye you are looking at if you are suspecting pinkeye infection.
Note that there are other causes of pink eye such as that caused by using contact lenses or irritants.
Let's see what type your child may be experiencing.
Let's continue and see if this is the case to the best of our knowledge.
Keep in mind that differentiating between viral and bacterial infectious conjunctivitis is not highly accurate. Not even in the doctor's office.
Bacteria related pink eye more often would affect just one eye or start with one eye being infected before spreading to the other.
Whereas viral or allergy related pink eye more often affect both eyes.
Bacterial-related symptoms include:
If this is the case with your child, you have to give the doctor a call or seek urgent care.
There is no antibiotic over the counter to take care of bacteria related pink eye.
Once again keep in mind that differentiating between viral and bacterial pink eye is not accurate. Not even in the doctor's office.
Would you like to see the nearest children's urgent care clinic to you if you suspect it is bacterial or Continue?
Continuing for now will assume you are looking at a viral or allergy related pink eye and there is no thick pus.
Well, let's see if it is viral or allergy related pink eye. This will assume it is not bacteria related.
With viral conjunctivitis, it would feel as if there is something in the eye.
Suspect viral related pink eye if feeling something in the eye does not include sneezing, running nose or other allergy related symptoms.
Viral conjunctivitis usually do not include itching of the eye, at least not intensely.
Usually, the eye get red pretty fast in allergic conjunctivitis.
If there are other symptoms like runny nose or sneezing, then we should be looking at allergy related pink eye.
Would you like to see the allergy section or Continue with pink eye?
Why is this important?
It would help you determine if your child need to see a doctor as soon as possible or he or she can probably ride it out.
Example, if it is bacteria related, the child must seek urgent care. There is nothing over the counter to take care of that. So don't waste you time or money on over-the-counter eye drops.
Note that pink eye is very contagious if it is viral or bacterial related. You and the child must wash your hands after touching the eye and avoid sharing towel or pillows for now.
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Because infectious pink eye is contagious, we recommend your child see a doctor. Especially so if you have other people in the house.
If you don't think your child need to see a doctor, let's see what a pharmacist recommend you do that may be available over-the-counter.
Would you like to do this or see the nearest urgent care clinic to you?