Is pink eye contagious?

Pink eye is a common eye disease. Many people in life will have pink eye problems. Some people will be afraid when they see friends around them with pink eye, because they are worried that pink eye is contagious. In fact, if you don’t visit these patients specifically, or use some cleaning and hygiene products they have used, then pink eye is not contagious.

1. Will shaking hands, eating, or looking into the eyes of a patient cause infection?

Answer: Pink eye is not a disease transmitted through the digestive tract, so it cannot be transmitted through food, but it is possible to be transmitted through shaking hands.

Because if a patient with conjunctivitis rubs his eyes with his hands, his hands will be stained with eye inflammation secretions. When shaking hands with others, these secretions will contaminate his friend's hands; if his friend then touches his own eyes with this hand, he will be infected. Eye contact is not contagious.

2. Why can I get infected without any contact with the patient?

Answer: Although there is no direct contact with the patient, if the patient happens to touch the handle or buttons with his hands that are stained with eye secretions while riding a bus or escalator, and then you touch the same place and rub your eyes without washing your hands, you will be infected. In addition, if you touch your hair with dirty hands and then the hair touches your eyes, you may also get infected.

3. Why doesn’t the eye drop heal after using it for several days?

Answer: Some people use eye drops that are usually used to solve visual fatigue, but not only do they fail to cure the disease, they also delay the condition. For conjunctivitis, you should use heat-clearing and detoxifying or anti-inflammatory eye drops, such as bear bile eye drops, houttuynia eye drops, chloramphenicol eye drops, ofloxacin eye drops, etc.

4. Can I use eye ointment instead of eye drops if I have conjunctivitis?

Answer: Inappropriate. Currently, the most commonly used antibacterial and anti-inflammatory eye ointments on the market are chloramphenicol and erythromycin eye ointments. The excipients are vaseline and lanolin, which have the characteristics of not emitting heat and not absorbing moisture. If you apply eye ointment after suffering from conjunctivitis, the temperature of the conjunctival sac, which is already high, will become even higher, which is conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria or viruses, but not conducive to the discharge of exudate.

5. Can I wear contact lenses after suffering from conjunctivitis?

Answer: You cannot wear it. Most of the contact lenses on the market now are soft contact lenses, which are more transparent and absorbent. If you continue to wear them after becoming ill, the secretions and dirt may "run" into the lenses and delay the disease.

Finally, I would like to remind those friends who have conjunctivitis that if it cannot be cured in time, it is best to go to a professional ophthalmology hospital for treatment. After all, the eyes are the windows to the soul. Only scientific treatment can keep you away from the troubles of conjunctivitis as soon as possible.