Well, of course, minor eye infection can be kind of dangerous. So you need to pay more attention to it. First, you should know that minor eye infection can generally be caused by bacteria, viruses or environmental agents, such as pollens and other irritants. For the symptoms, your eyes will feel itchy, red, burred, when minor eye infection occurs. For your situation, I have to remind you that you should not rub your eyes with your finger, or it will just make your eyes suffer more serious. To treat it, you can put some tea bags on the eyes, for tea bags contain a high concentration of the chemical epigallocatechin gallate, which acts as an anti-inflammatory agent that can relieve symptom. Anyway, just have a try.