Diagnosis
Table of Contents
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- >>Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
- More Info
Your doctor will suspect conjunctivitis if you have an itchy, red eye with a discharge or increased tearing. If your doctor suspects bacterial conjunctivitis, he or she may take a sample of your eye discharge and send it to a laboratory to be tested.
Expected Duration
Even without treatment, most cases of viral conjunctivitis will go away within seven days.
Bacterial conjunctivitis requires antibiotics. Eye redness usually begins to clear up within a couple of days after you start taking antibiotics. Make sure you take all your antibiotics, even if you start to feel better. Otherwise the medicine may not kill all the bacteria.
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