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Conjunctivitis lingering
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Conjunctivitis lingering
by mattverde, May 15, 2006 12:00AM
I contracted Conjunctivitis a week ago at work. I have now been on medication (drops) for a week, but still have some slight discharge (yellow-green), mostly at night.
I returned to work yesterday. I work in the theatre and get lots of makeup in my eyes. Last night I feel I took a step backwards as there was more discharge than the past few days.
My question: Am I hampering my healing by working and getting makeup in my eyes? Is it likely that I am still contagious? Thank you.
I returned to work yesterday. I work in the theatre and get lots of makeup in my eyes. Last night I feel I took a step backwards as there was more discharge than the past few days.
My question: Am I hampering my healing by working and getting makeup in my eyes? Is it likely that I am still contagious? Thank you.
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, May 15, 2006 12:00AM
this is so hard to answer.
if you are NOT a contact lens wearer...and if you were diagnosed with BACTERIAL conjunctivitis and were rx'd antibacterial eyedrops, and if you have been following the regimen your doctor suggested, then bacterial conjunctivitis should NOT be "lingering" a week later. it should be gone. so its either:
a) not bacterial (ie its viral, inflammatory, etc)
b) resistant to the antibiotics you're using
if you are a contact lens wearer this is a bigger deal.
it is unlikely that getting makeup in your eye would have much effect on bacterial conjunctivitis. i'm just not sure you're bacterial. you probably need a second opinion. the person wh rx'd your "drops"...were they a GP or an eye doctor? if you havent been to an optometrist or ophthalmologist yet, you might need to go.
if you are NOT a contact lens wearer...and if you were diagnosed with BACTERIAL conjunctivitis and were rx'd antibacterial eyedrops, and if you have been following the regimen your doctor suggested, then bacterial conjunctivitis should NOT be "lingering" a week later. it should be gone. so its either:
a) not bacterial (ie its viral, inflammatory, etc)
b) resistant to the antibiotics you're using
if you are a contact lens wearer this is a bigger deal.
it is unlikely that getting makeup in your eye would have much effect on bacterial conjunctivitis. i'm just not sure you're bacterial. you probably need a second opinion. the person wh rx'd your "drops"...were they a GP or an eye doctor? if you havent been to an optometrist or ophthalmologist yet, you might need to go.
The lingering effects are not severe--merely traces at night and when I wake up in the corners of the eye.