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Is Conjunctivitis, Related With Itchy Red Eye Spots?
yes my eyes are red and blood shot....comes and goes...very itchy and watery.....when i get up in the am...they are crusty??it is starting to affect my vision a little....is it conjunctivitis?do i need antibiotics i also had an ear problem a few weeks ago...could it be from a sinus infection..not treated
Mon, 1 Dec 2014
Crusty...??
If u mean stickiness of both eyelids in morning when you wake up...it suggests infective conjunctivitis be it viral or bacterial... For which u need to start Antibiotics 1 hourly initially then tapering with improvement best decided after an ophthalmologist review...
Now coming to itching n blood shot , it suggest Allergic component which can be treated with antihistaminics once your infective conjunctivitis is reaolved...
If u mean stickiness of both eyelids in morning when you wake up...it suggests infective conjunctivitis be it viral or bacterial... For which u need to start Antibiotics 1 hourly initially then tapering with improvement best decided after an ophthalmologist review...
Now coming to itching n blood shot , it suggest Allergic component which can be treated with antihistaminics once your infective conjunctivitis is reaolved...
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