Patient's question:
Hello doctor. My daughter is now 12 years old and is in fifth grade. Today after school, she told me that some people in her class have gotten pink eye and is very upset about getting infected. Now she is too scared to go to school to consult a doctor. What are the ways pink eye spreads?Doctor's answer:
Conjunctivitis is mainly transmitted through contact. For example, if a patient rubs their eyes with their hands and then touches objects, and a child picks up those objects and rubs their eyes, it is easy to contract the infection. It spreads through contact, not by simply seeing someone with conjunctivitis. You will definitely not get it just by looking. It is important to cultivate good habits in children, such as frequent handwashing. The first thing to do when coming home from outside is to wash your face. This helps cut off the transmission routes and prevents conjunctivitis from recurring.