Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Pink Eye, Conjunctivitis, diagnosis, eye examination, slit lamp microscope, infection, cultures, fluorescent eye drops

Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Dec 16, 2016

Conjunctivitis | Pink Eye-Diagnosis

Conjunctivitis or Pink Eye is diagnosed during a routine eye examination using a slit lamp microscope.

In some cases, cultures are taken to determine the type of bacteria causing the infection. In some circumstances, fluorescent eye drops are used to examine the eye better.

Published on Mar 12, 2016
Last Updated on Dec 16, 2016

Comments

vijay57 Thursday, August 9, 2012

my eye sight is very weak i use the speccus pls tell me treatment of eye sight

sunny1 Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Wear dark glasses if you have Pink ey and are going out in the sun, also have tissue paper as running eyes is common. Frequent hand washes as indicated in the article is very important to prevent infection from person to person.

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