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What's the best way to tell pink eye and just irritated eyes apart?
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History: Pink eye is a generic term for inflammation of the eye. The causes include allergy, viral or bacterial. To determine the cause of pink eye the events prior would help detained the cause.
Answered 4/30/2018
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