It started with our house help. I thought that she just has a fight with her lover that was why her eyes were swollen and red. It usually happens to her. Until my youngest niece’s eye got red too. She was brought to an ophthalmologist and was diagnosed to have conjunctivitis or sore eye. A weeks had passed but her condition got worse causing her right eye to almost close. She then again brought to the eye doctor. She was given with another optic drop and a few days after, her condition improved but too bad the contamination has been transferred to her mom. Her mom’s eye were both affected and a few days after,my pre-schooler caught the disease and then the contamination was transmitted to her dad.
Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the tissue that lines the inside of the eyelid. This tissue helps keep the eyelid and eyeball moist. Pink eye or sore eye is highly communicable since it is caused by bacteria and viruses responsible for colds and other infections.
Signs and symptoms include discomfort in the eye described as feeling of sand in the eye, redness in the eye and some manifest swollen eyes with discharges similar to a pus.
Transmission occurs by touching an infected person or something an infected person has touched, such as a used tissue. Pinkeye can spread when people swim in contaminated water or share contaminated towels. It also can be spread through coughing and sneezing. Due to its contagiousness, isolation is initiated to avoid transmission of the infection.
In order to avoid cross contamination, everyone should practice proper handwashing. Also, infected people should not share eye drops, tissues, eye makeup, washcloths, towels, or pillowcases with other people.
Wash towels and other linens that the child has used in hot water separately from the rest of the family’s laundry to avoid contamination.
Cool compress will also help relieve swelling and discomfort.
(Lifted from kidshealth.org)
Hopefully I won’t catch the disease.