Your eyes come into contact every day with all kinds of substances, including bacteria. Degradants in our tears protect the eyes against this. But sometimes these substances come behind the eyelids, where the antibodies have less effect. An eye inflammation of the conjunctiva can be both contagious and non-contagious.
Irritation by a chemical or foreign object in your eye is also associated with conjunctivitis. If you try to cleanse or rinse the eye, it can sometimes cause conjunctivitis. Symptoms include a pituitary secretion. This type of conjunctivitis usually goes after a day.
Allergic conjunctivitis can affect both eyes and is a reaction to an allergy-inducing substance such as pollen. In response, your body causes the antibody immunoglobin. This antibody ensures that cells in the mucous membranes of your eyes release inflammatory substances, including histamines. This allows your body to show some symptoms of allergy, including red or pink eyes.
If you have allergic eye inflammation of the conjunctiva, you may experience itching, tearing and inflammation of the eyes, as can itching, sneezing and watery discharge. Your eyelids and part of your eyeballs will swell.
Infectious conjunctivitis is caused by a bacterium or a virus. This type of eye inflammation is therefore very contagious. Approximately 70% of all conjunctivitis is caused by a bacterium or a virus.
Conjunctivitis of bacterial or viral origin can affect one eye or two eyes at a time. In the case of viral conjunctivitis, there is an aqueous or mucous secretion from the eye, with bacterial conjunctivitis rather a thick yellow-green discharge. Anyone can develop a viral or bacterial conjunctivitis, although bacterial occurs more often in children.
Conjunctivitis due to irritation
Irritation by a chemical or foreign object in your eye is also associated with conjunctivitis. If you try to cleanse or rinse the eye, it can sometimes cause conjunctivitis. Symptoms include a pituitary secretion. This type of conjunctivitis usually goes after a day.
Allergic conjunctivitis causes
Allergic conjunctivitis can affect both eyes and is a reaction to an allergy-inducing substance such as pollen. In response, your body causes the antibody immunoglobin. This antibody ensures that cells in the mucous membranes of your eyes release inflammatory substances, including histamines. This allows your body to show some symptoms of allergy, including red or pink eyes.
If you have allergic eye inflammation of the conjunctiva, you may experience itching, tearing and inflammation of the eyes, as can itching, sneezing and watery discharge. Your eyelids and part of your eyeballs will swell.
Eye bacterial or viral conjunctivitis causes
Infectious conjunctivitis is caused by a bacterium or a virus. This type of eye inflammation is therefore very contagious. Approximately 70% of all conjunctivitis is caused by a bacterium or a virus.
Conjunctivitis of bacterial or viral origin can affect one eye or two eyes at a time. In the case of viral conjunctivitis, there is an aqueous or mucous secretion from the eye, with bacterial conjunctivitis rather a thick yellow-green discharge. Anyone can develop a viral or bacterial conjunctivitis, although bacterial occurs more often in children.