| a bacterial pinkeye |
An allergic
pinkeye is caused by an allergen, these allergen are foreign bodies that irritate
our eye, they could be dusk, fur, pollen grains etc, the eye react to it and this
cause the eye to swell, itch and discharge.
Whereas bacterial pinkeye are caused by the presence
of bacteria in the eye, this bacterias can be staphs, streptococcus, haemophilus.
Staphylococcus, , corynebacterium, , pseudomo etc, they are ore severe and
produce more thick liquid mucus discharge,.
allergic pinkeye are best
treated by rinsing eye , by removing the allergen or by stopping what is
causing the allergic reaction, allergic
conjunctivitis can only be cured when the allergen is removed, they are likely
to last longer than normal if the environment is “un-conducive” like in a
winter or hay season, they then to be chronic, where as bacterial
conjunctivitis are best treated by using
antibiotics, this type of pinkeye are more prevalent in an unhygienic
environment, poor contact lens hygiene, in this case a disposable contact lens
should be use, some diseases like blepharitis, anatomic abnormalities etc can
trigger this for of pinkeye.
the major symptoms of allergic pinkeye are , itching, burning,
blurred eye, redness, more tears and swellings of the eyelids
| an allergic pinkeye |
while a bacterial pink eye is
characterized by a thick mucus discharge that usually glue the eye in the
morning, eye tearing, light sensitivity and fluctuation and decreased vision.
The most common sign of a bacterial pinkeye is a redeye with a sticky yellow or
green discharge.
An allergic pink eye is not contagious whereas a bacterial is very
contagious.
I hope the above have differentiated
between allergic and bacterial conjunctivitis. Other type of conjunctivitis or
pinkeye are viral caused by a virus and
irritant conjunctivitis caused by chemicals
