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Is eye infection communicable or noncommunicable?
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Depends: On the type and immune status.
Answered 3/31/2012
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Contagious eye: An "infection" is almost always contagious, infectious or communicable. If you are referring to "pink eye" or conjunctivitis, yes, it is communicable. Other infections inside the eye may not be communicable.
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