Parents should let conjunctivitis clear on its own rather than see an ophthalmologist for a prescription antibiotic, a recent article in The Lancet suggests. Peter W. Rose, MD, and colleagues at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Charlottesville investigators found that H. influenzae was responsible for most cases of conjunctivitis seen ...

Allergic conjunctivitis harms quality of life for children and their parents, apparently causing greater day-to-day worries than potentially blinding diseases, researchers report. Parents worry ...

Topical antibiotics were dispensed less frequently after visits to eye clinics, for children aged 6 to 11 years, and for viral conjunctivitis. HealthDay News — More than two-thirds of children with ...

Pink eye, medically known as conjunctivitis, affects millions of Americans each year. This common eye condition can range from mildly irritating to seriously uncomfortable, depending on its cause and ...

—Patients with conjunctivitis often see their primary care physician or pediatrician rather than an eye specialist, so proficiency in the signs and symptoms is important. Reviewed by Jeff Brown, MD, ...

Use of moxifloxacin eye drops was associated with significantly shorter durations of conjunctival symptoms in children with acute infective conjunctivitis, according to study findings published today ...

Picture this: you’re just about to go into a meeting and you get the dreaded phone call. Your child has sticky green stuff emerging from their eyes and you need to go and fetch them. Conjunctivitis is ...

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial and systematic review and meta-analysis, the use of antibiotic eye drops was associated with significantly shorter durations of symptoms in children ...

Most cases of pink eye are bilateral, meaning they occur in both eyes. If the cause is an infection, symptoms may begin in one eye and spread to the other. If the cause is an allergy or irritant, ...