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A 47-year-old male asked:
I had viral eye infection since ladt 09 days. i am using antoboitic drops and oral as well. no improvement. eyes r bloody red & swlen. any permt risk?
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Dr. Stan Colemananswered
Ophthalmology 65 years experience
Viral infection: Antibiotics are not effective in viral infections.The infections are also very contagious.Your ophthalmologist after determining the extent and exact diagnosis can give you some medication to relieve the local symptoms,while your body rids the virus.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Eye become red for 7 day, now a little bit blurry in my eye, previous day I consult with a doctor he said your eye is ok and prescribed me two eye drop. He said that it's a eye infection, so what cause of my eye blurry? is it risky?
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Dr. David Chandler commented
Ophthalmology 35 years experience
The blurriness can be from discharge and mucous on the surface of the eye, which sometimes does not blink away easily. If the blurring worsens or persists when the infection has cleared get rechecked
Sep 6, 2022
Dr. George Yanik commented
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
To remove all doubts please see an ophthalmologist.
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