Thread: I have pinkeye or something

Doctor. Now. If it really is pink eye, it's very, very contagious and you don't want others to get it. If you're working or going to school, don't go until you have that cleared up.

Even if it's not pink eye, they'll be able to give you an idea of what's going on. How long have you been sicK? Unless you're watching a crap-load of TV or spending all day on the computer or you didn't get any sleep at all, they might be really red, but if you're talking a darker red color, go get that looked at. When it comes to your eyes, you don't want to wait for something worse to happen if there really is something to worry about. If you're okay, the worst that happens is you went to the doctor/optometrist for no reason and got some information.

I had pinkeye at the end of October for a couple days, it was brutal. No idea how I got it, but I had to stay home from school to make sure it didn't spread.

To cure it fast, go to the pharmacy and buy some polysporin drops to put into your eyes. It's basically antibiotic liquid that kills the bacteria in your eye.

Are you getting yellowish-white discharge too?

It was bloodshot red, but it's clearing up, i can see white.

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Yeah the pharmacist at my work told me polysporin if there is a discharge in the morning. Since it's clearing up i wont see the docs. The colors kinda brownish but most likely from the blurryness, and the colors mixed.

lol @ your eye hating you.

lol @ Patmandoo

just wondering, do you wear contacts? i do...

i usualy get, like once a month, a suddenly painful experience with my eye. it'll start feeling like its just tired, and then when I take my contacts out, suddenly it gets violently bright red and pulsating and hot and painful. it gets light sensitive and it feels like someone is scratching my eye with a cactus. it hurts super bad and i dont know what it is. if you wear contacts dont put them in until after ALL the red is gone or it'll comeback in a few hours, just as bad. also change your contacts out.

if you dont wear contacts this was a complete waste of time//space

Originally Posted by drmrgrl

i usualy get, like once a month, a suddenly painful experience with my eye. it'll start feeling like its just tired, and then when I take my contacts out, suddenly it gets violently bright red and pulsating and hot and painful. it gets light sensitive and it feels like someone is scratching my eye with a cactus. it hurts super bad and i dont know what it is. if you wear contacts dont put them in until after ALL the red is gone or it'll comeback in a few hours, just as bad. also change your contacts out.

If your contacts are doing that, I'd recommend letting your optometrist know the next time you see him/her. Even if it doesn't happen all the time, it's happening consistently. And even if it's not your contacts, they can tell you if it's something to worry about or not.

Originally Posted by drmrgrl

just wondering, do you wear contacts? i do...

i usualy get, like once a month, a suddenly painful experience with my eye. it'll start feeling like its just tired, and then when I take my contacts out, suddenly it gets violently bright red and pulsating and hot and painful. it gets light sensitive and it feels like someone is scratching my eye with a cactus. it hurts super bad and i dont know what it is. if you wear contacts dont put them in until after ALL the red is gone or it'll comeback in a few hours, just as bad. also change your contacts out.

if you dont wear contacts this was a complete waste of time//space

Nope, no contacts here. Contact free.

BTW my eye went bloodshot red one more time a few days ago, it's cleared up now.