![]() ![]() If your eyes are bothering you, try using a cool or warm washcloth on your eyes. If allergies are causing your itchy, red eyes, the doctor may prescribe special eye drops to help with these allergy symptoms. Unfortunately, these drops won't work if a virus is causing your conjunctivitis. It's important to use whatever the doctor prescribes so the infection doesn't come back. Your mom or dad can help you put the medication in your eyes a couple of times a day for about a week. Babies are usually given the ointment and kids and adults get the eye drops. If you have conjunctivitis caused by bacteria, the doctor probably will prescribe antibiotic eye drops or ointment for you. Finally, your doctor may examine your ears to see if you have an ear infection caused by the same bacteria that can cause conjunctivitis. The doctor will want to know that you can see OK and that nothing has gotten into your eye. Your doctor will know if you have conjunctivitis by looking carefully at your eyes to see if they are red and if any liquid is coming from them. ![]() It's important to tell the doctor if you know anyone, like a brother or a friend, who has red and itchy eyes too. The doctor also will ask you if your eyes have been red and itchy lately or if you have noticed any goopy stuff in your eyes. No one knows exactly how many kids get conjunctivitis each year but your doctor treats many who have it and can spot it pretty quickly. Wash your hands often, the infection can spread from one eye to other eye. Your mom or dad probably will call the doctor for an appointment. Don't wait, because conjunctivitis spreads easily. If your eyes are itchy, red, or more crusty than usual in the morning, you should tell a parent. ![]() ![]() Kids also get conjunctivitis because of allergies or because they get something irritating in their eyes, but these kinds of conjunctivitis are not contagious. Washing your hands often with warm, soapy water is the best way to avoid being infected with conjunctivitis. If you then touch your eyes, the infection can be spread to you. You can get conjunctivitis by touching the hand of an infected friend who has touched his or her eyes. Conjunctivitis is easy to catch just through touching. Viruses, like the kind that can give you a cold, can cause conjunctivitis, too. Sometimes kids get ear infections when they have conjunctivitis because the same bacteria can cause both problems. Most don't ever bother you, but certain kinds of bacteria can cause infections like conjunctivitis. Bacteria can be seen only with a powerful microscope, and viruses are even smaller than bacteria! Bacteria live on your skin or in your nose or mouth all the time and you never know it. This is called infectious (say: in-FEK-shus) conjunctivitis. Most kids get it from bacteria (say: bak-TEER-ee-uh) or viruses. Kids get conjunctivitis for different reasons. Conjunctivitis lasts a short time, usually about a week or less, and then goes away by itself or after treatment. Sometimes it feels like you have an eyelash or a speck of sand in your eye and can't get it out.Īdults, especially parents and teachers who spend a lot of time with kids, can get conjunctivitis too. Conjunctivitis usually doesn't hurt, but itching can be annoying. Pinkeye may start in one eye, but many people get conjunctivitis in both eyes at the same time. It's called pinkeye because the white part of the eye and inside the eyelids become red or pink when you have it. ![]()
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