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How does fecal matter cause pink eye?

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Viral conjunctivitis is highly contagious. Most viruses that cause conjunctivitis spread through hand-to-eye contact by hands or objects that are contaminated with the infectious virus. Having contact with infectious tears, eye discharge, fecal matter, or respiratory discharges can contaminate hands. read more

rare: Most pink eyes are spread from others with pink eye and include bacterial and viral origin. I can imagine that fecal matter might cause an infection but have difficulty imagining how it got into the eye. read more

Oxidation, lysozyme, tear flow, etc. Makes the ocular surface Not the ideal environment for these bacteria. So, rarely are they cultured from the ocular surface either in infections of the eye, or when testing for normal flora. Most “pink eye” is caused by viral infections from Adenovirus. read more

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