Pinkeye: Check Your Symptoms
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Check Your Symptoms
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.
Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.
If you have any of the following symptoms, evaluate those symptoms first.
- Blurred vision, loss of vision, or blood in your eye: Go to the topic Eye Problems, Noninjury.
- An eye injury: Go to the topic Eye Injuries.
- An object in your eye: Go to the topic Objects in the Eye.
- A liquid or solid chemical in your eye: Go to the topic Burns to the Eye.
- Yes
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Do you have eye pain?
- Yes
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Do you have drainage from one or both eyes?
- Yes
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Are your eyes sensitive to light (photophobia)?
- Yes
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Have your eye symptoms continued longer than 7 days?
- Yes
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Have your eye symptoms continued after starting antibiotic treatment for an eye infection?
- Yes
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Do you wear contact lenses?
If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.
| Last updated: | December 06, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Christopher J. Rudnisky, MD, FRCSC - Ophthalmology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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