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My son has a sinus infection and he's taking antibiotics but today he woke up with a swollen itchy red gunky eye , is this normal w an eye infection?

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No: He may have conjunctivitis too. He may need an antibiotic for his eye. See md.

Dr Kozminski agreed

Answered 1/4/2014

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