Is it safe to go into the pool with infected eyes?!
Question:
Is it safe to go into the pool with infected eyes?
I can't go to eye doctor or anything because my aunts says no and thinks it's ridicules. My eyes have been hurting for days now since I slept with contacts by accident. Every night I keep rubbing them and in the morning they end up with lots of pus or whatever at the side. It's all pink at the side and it hasn't gone away. I really want to go to the doctor in case it could get any worst. Should I just skip the pool? I am thinking of just biking to the mall to buy some eye drops.
Answers:
Tell your aunts it sounds like Conjunctivitis (aka pink eye) http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/eye-heal...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pink-ey...
which can be caused by a number of things and should be given further attention. These 2 sites provide some home remedies you can try. If it persists, please go to a local clinic.
and NO, if it is conjunctivitis, it can be contageous, so don't go to the pool.