Pink eye could be caused due to a virus, it could be a bacterial infection, or it actually may be an allergy.
An occasional day with your eyes shaded in the tinge of the rising sun, may prove to be handy in not making eye contact with people. Yet the fact still remains, that no one in their right mind wants to show off their pink eyes, or even live with them for the faintest of moments.
It is important for you to know the disease first, before you commence on the treatment procedure.
Read on ahead to get to know about the various types of pink eye, which more easily explained would mean the causes, that gave you the colour in your eye in the first place.
Various Types of Pink Eye
1Viral
The viral pink eye is typically marked by a clear watery drainage, without much change in colour of the white region of the eyes.
Like common viral infections, the viral pink eye is highly contagious, so much so that, if it starts in one eye, rest assure that the other eye is bound to get affected.
There are no antibiotics that are available commercially, which can treat a viral pink eye. You would just have to let the virus run its course of destruction, and then wait for the natural healing process.
It usually takes anywhere from a week to ten days, for a bout of viral pink eye to completely cure.
Any natural remedies may further aggravate the situation, making the viruses more resistant.
2Bacterial
More often than not, the bacterial pink eye is mistaken for a virus attack, as a lot of the symptoms are similar.
Like the viral attack, the bacterial pink eye is also contagious, and may spread from one eye to the other.
The only difference that separates the two cases, symptom wise, is the fluid discharge from the eyes, which in the case of the bacterial infection, is somewhat greenish yellow in colour.
The bacterial infection may be treated with either antibiotic or some other natural variant of eye drops.
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3The Allergy
The Allergic pink eye may be caused by pollen particles, organic flakes, cosmetics and perfumes. Certain potent chemicals, in the form of vapour, or particles, may also cause the inflammation to appear.
The first thing we need to know about the allergic pink eye is that they are not contagious.
The drainage fluid is clear in appearance, and the allergy may or may not spread to both eyes.
The symptoms generally subside, once the agent causing the allergy is rinsed away completely.
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By Abhro
