What causes pink eye?
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It is an infection of the tissue around the eye. It is extremely contagious. Passed from person to person. If someone has it their eyes are constantly watering. They wipe their eye, pick up the phone, and its for you hand you the phone. Innocent enough, if some of the germs are brushed onto their hair and then its up against the phone they hand it to you, you place the contaminated phone to your cheek then wipe your eye, get the kleenex cause you most likely will come down with it too. Best prevention against it and so many other things is..wash your hands, once you have it, gotta see a doctor.
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An infection of the conjunctiva.
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Viral conjunctivitis usually contagious
There are two types of pink eye: bacterial and viral. The bacterial is more dangerous. They are both highly infectious and need to be diagnosed and treated by a physician.
Its scientific name is "conjunctivitis," which means "inflammation of the conjunctiva." The conjunctiva is the membrane covering the eye and lining the eyelid. Sometimes this term is also used to describe non-infectious inflammation caused by allergies or sensitivity to wearing contact lenses.
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http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/conjunctivitis.htm
http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=2094
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/eye/conjunctivitis.html
irritants, bacteria, allergies, exposure from someone who has it.
many things like dirt getting in eye but throw out any old eyeliner or mascara!! they are full of live bacteria!!
the eye godess (thats me) does that to people when she finds out they cheated on their bf/gf!
you can also get it from eating too many carrots.
it is an infection as other person siad it is highly contagious it is spread thru contact do not rub affected eye then the other 1 it will get infected also
do not rub eye with cloth and leave lying around for some1 else to use they will get it
pink eye can be transmitted to and from animals also
Most often a bacterial infection of your you eye. There are several types of bacteria that can cause Pink eye and a few of them are very contagious.
To limit contraction of pink eye use your knuckles instead of your fingers when rubbing your eyes. Wash your hands frequently. If somebody around you has Pink eye be very carefull about touching eyes, ears or mouth without washing your hands if you've handled any times they may have handled. Anti-biotics will cure most strains very easily.
virus, bacteria
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