ALLERGY TRIGGERED PINK EYE

Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, can be caused by many different factors, such as viral or bacterial infections and allergies. Determining how the condition came to be is vital because treatments for infection-related conjunctivitis and allergy-related conjunctivitis vary greatly. Symptoms of allergic pink eye include redness, swelling, and itchiness in and around the eyes, blurred vision, and increased tear production. Though one eye may be worse than the other, both eyes are always affected when the cause is allergy-related. Symptoms can be eliminated by removing or avoiding the allergy trigger, or alleviated by using either topical or oral ocular antihistamines, lubricants, or steroids. Immunotherapy in the form of allergy shots or pills may also be effective.

P.S. Unlike viral or bacterial conjunctivitis, which can be passed easily through physical contact, allergy-related pink eye is not contagious.

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