How long is pink eye contagious?!

Question: I know it's up to the school's rules and the doctor's recommendations, but on average, how many days would a child have to miss school if they had pink eye?

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Answers: I know it's up to the school's rules and the doctor's recommendations, but on average, how many days would a child have to miss school if they had pink eye?

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Pinkeye is contagious until the individual has been on the eye medication for a full 24 hours. The doctor will tell you this and so will the school.

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the whole time...

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until there is no more gunge coming out the eye, then it cant be transmitted..........hope this helps x

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24 hours.

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Until you've been on anti-biotics for over 24hrs, maybe longer just to be on the safe side.

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go to www.webmd.com in the search box type the word pink eye. then click on pink -eye topic over view. they have information there.

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