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CONJUNCTIVITIS PINKEYE
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DIVISION OF DISEASE CONTROL - PINKEYE (CONJUNCTIVITIS)
... WHAT IS PINKEYE? OFTEN REFERRED TO AS PINKEYE, CONJUNCTIVITIS IS INFLAMMATION (I.E., REDNESS, SWELLING) OF THE THIN TISSUE COVERING THE WHITE PART OF THE EYE AND THE INSIDE OF THE EYELIDS. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF PINKEYE, INCLUDING BACTERIAL, VIRAL, ALLERGIC AND CHEMICAL. ...
PINKEYE (CONJUNCTIVITIS)
... WHAT IS CONJUNCTIVITIS? INFLAMMATION (IE, REDNESS, SWELLING) OF THE THIN TISSUE COVER- ING THE WHITE PART OF THE EYE AND THE INSIDE OF THE EYELIDS WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS? THERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS OF CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUDING BACTERIAL ...
KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS (PINKEYE) IN GOATS
... PINKEYE (KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS) IS THE INFLAMMATION OF THE INSIDE OF THE EYELID. IN GOATS, PINKEYE IS PRIMARILY CAUSED BY THE MICROORGANISMS MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE AND CHLAMYDIA. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME MICROORGANISMS THAT CAUSE PINKEYE IN CATTLE (MOXARELLA BOVIS), SO THE VACCINE USED TO PREVENT PINKEYE IN CATTLE IS USELESS IN GOATS. ...
PINKEYE IN CATTLE
... PINKEYE IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, NON-FATAL INFECTIOUS BACTERIAL DISEASE OF THE EYE. PINKEYE COST THE CATTLE INDUSTRY AN ESTIMATED $150 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE U.S. ALONE FROM DECREASED WEIGHT GAIN, DECREASED MILK PRODUCTION, AND TREATMENT COSTS. ...
CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS
... CONJUNCTIVITIS IS A NONSPECIFIC TERM USED TO DESCRIBE AN INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA, WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY A WIDE RANGE OF CONDITIONS. IT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "RED EYE" OR "PINK EYE." CONJUNCTIVITIS MAY RESULT FROM PRIMARY INVOLVEMENT OF THE CONJUNCTIVAL TISSUE OR MAY OCCUR SECONDARY TO OTHER OCULAR OR SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS THAT PRODUCE CONJUNCTIVAL INFLAMMATION. ...
ANTIBIOTICS FOR PINKEYE
... PINK EYE IS A COMMON CONDITION, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN. IT IS ALSO CALLED CONJUNCTIVITIS. THE EYES ARE PINK BECAUSE THEY ARE INFECTED OR IRRITATED. THEY MAY BE ITCHY AND TEARY, WITH A WATERY DISCHARGE, AND SWOLLEN, CRUSTY EYELIDS. DOCTORS OFTEN PRESCRIBE ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS OR OINTMENTS FOR PINK EYE. BUT ANTIBIOTICS DON’T USUALLY HELP, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. THEY CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. ...
PINKEYE IN BEEF CATTLE
... PINKEYE, ALSO KNOWN AS INFECTIOUS BOVINE KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS (IBK), IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DISEASES OF BEEF CATTLE IN VIRGINIA. IT IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE, CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEA (THE CLEAR OUTER LAYER) AND CONJUNCTIVA (THE PINK MEMBRANE LINING THE EYELIDS) OF THE EYE. ...
CONJUNCTIVITIS ("PINK EYE") FACT SHEET
... CONJUNCTIVITIS IS AN INFECTION OF THE EYES COMMONLY KNOWN AS "PINK EYE" IT IS MOST OFTEN CAUSED BY A VIRUS BUT CAN ALSO BE CAUSED BY BACTERIA. SYMPTOMS OF THE EYE INCLUDE: - REDNESS, IRRITATION, ITCHINESS; MAY PRODUCE LOTS OF TEARS - CLEAR OR YELLOW DISCHARGE THAT MAY MAKE THE EYELIDS STICK TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING - SWELLING OF EYELIDS ...
