What's the difference between pink eye and bloodshot eye?

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• Brooke peters

  10/23/2012

  Bloodshot or red eyes is one of the most common symptom of eye problems. This situation can be resulted by the break of blood vessels in the white part of eyes. That is subconjunctival hemorrhage, which usually goes away in about one week. While pink eye, conjunctivitis, is bacterial or virus infection of eyes, which is contagious. Reddish is also one of the symptoms accompanied with itchy and watery. For common people, it is difficult to diagnose. I recommend you to see your eye doctor and listen to him. In ordinary life, a healthy and clean environment is the best way to get rid of the both issues.

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• emmie18

  10/26/2012

  When your kids have pink eyes, the membrane will line the insides of the eyelids and cover the whites of the eye. In other words, it's an infection or inflammation of the top covering over the eye area. On the other hand, for bloodshot eyes, it spreads out under the white part of the eye causing a noticeable red patch. So you can just distinguish them in this way. Also, if you have pink eyes, you will have some symptoms such as itching, burning or stinging, discharge, swelling, watering. Some forms of pinkeye are contagious, and some are not. And bloodshot eyes can be caused by irritation, allergies, eyestrain, environment, wearing contact lenses, dry eyes. Anyway, you should take your kid to the hospital so that he can have an eye exam.

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• Justin williams

  10/19/2012

  Although pink eyes and bloodshot eyes may appear the same. They are totally different. Pink eyes are caused because of an bacterium infection. They are contagious and need to be treated with some medicine. But bloodshot eyes can be caused by lacking of sleep, tired or get an elbow by accident etc. And bloodshot eyes are not contagious. And they can be recover from time.

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• cute_lil_ambie

  10/22/2012

  It is easy to distinguish the pink eyes and simple bloodshot. Once you get the bloodshot, the whites of your eyes may get red. The main symptom of bloodshot in the eyes is the dryness. The bulbar conjunctiva and sclera organization have the little problems in the blood vessels under certain circumstances. It may appear expansion in congestion gore or hemorrhage, presenting red whites. However, if you get the pink eyes, it will be infectious. Commonly known pink eye is infectious conjunctivitis, also called outbreak. It is an acute infectious ophthalmia according to different causes, divided into bacterial conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis. It often happens all the year round in spring season. The pink eyes can be infected through contact with eye disease, such as contacting patients with the same towel or using the tap water of swimming pool.Whatever the pink eye or the bloodshot you get, you'd better have a good rest for the eyes. If it is serious, with no releasing symptom, you'd better go to see the doctor and accept the treatment.

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