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Toddler eye infection, is it contagious?
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Usually it is: Pink eye in toddlers most often is caused by adenoviruses and occasionally by bacteria. Both are contagious but with touch only. It is not air born. Toddler must have eyes examined.
Answered 9/13/2013
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