La conjuntivitis viral, u ojo rosado, es una inflamación de las membranas transparentes que cubren el ojo. Provoca enrojecimiento, dolor e irritación de uno o ambos ojos.

La forma viral de la conjuntivitis es muy contagiosa porque es causada por los mismos virus que causan la gripe o el resfriado común. Se propaga cuando una persona infectada tose o estornuda, y luego otra persona inhala el virus de las gotitas en el aire.

Síntomas

Decoloración rosada debido a los vasos sanguíneos dilatados
Una sensación arenosa y ardiente en el ojo.
Secreción o lágrimas
Hinchazón
Picor
Sensibilidad a la luz

Tratamiento

Por lo general, un médico puede diagnosticar la conjuntivitis examinando su ojo. Si es una infección viral, no le darán colirios antibióticos, porque estos no ayudan contra una enfermedad viral. El tratamiento incluye aliviar los síntomas con gotas para los ojos y compresas tibias o frías sobre los ojos. Si el médico cree que esconjuntivitis bacteriana, se le administrarán gotas antibióticas para los ojos.

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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Rothschild has been a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He currently practices as a hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Rothschild received his MD at the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He also received an MP...

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