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Pink eye and fever

Hi, Last week i was diagnosed with Pink eye ( not sure of bacterial or viral ) with no other complications. I was exposed to severe dusty environment the previous day. The day i was diagnosed with pink eye my wife had severe flu like symptoms with fever ( 101 - 102 ), fatigue, cold and diarrhea...My pink eye infection has got anything to do with my wife's health condition? please advice.
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Two different problems. No one's "fault"
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thanks a lot.
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Thanks Dr. The fever has been unrelenting on my wife. I am worried if i had passed my viral infection to my wife. Or is it a 2 different complications not connected to each other?
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177275 tn?1511755244
No even if you had got a virus from your wife it would take 3-5 days for the eye infection to become manifest.
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