It's helpful to know that only infectious conjunctivitis (meaning pink eye caused by viruses or bacteria) is contagious.

Conjunctivitis can be contagious if it results from a viral or bacterial infection. It can spread when bacterial or viral particles from one person’s eye enter another person’s eye.

It is not normally serious, and is sometimes referred to as pink or red eye. There are three forms of conjunctivitis – bacterial, viral and allergic. This leaflet looks at bacterial and viral ...

However, bacterial pink eye can be transmissible from the moment you develop symptoms until 48 hours after you start your antibiotic treatment. Viral pink eye is transmissible for as long as you ...

To find the right relief for pink eye and determine whether medical treatment is necessary, you need to determine the root cause of the condition: Is it bacterial or viral? Viral pink eye symptoms ...

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"Viral conjunctivitis lasts a few days to a week," says Epling, while bacterial pink eye may last until it's treated with drops or ointment, "but should then resolve in a few days." Allergic ...

It is not normally serious, and is sometimes referred to as pink or red eye. There are three forms of conjunctivitis – bacterial, viral and allergic. This leaflet looks at bacterial and viral ...