Can you get pink eye in only one eye?

Answer 1

Yes! Bacterial conjunctivitis is very contagious! If you rub your already infected eye, and then touch anywhere near your other eye, your other eye will contract the bacteria. Be sure to consciously wash your hands after touching your face if you have pink eye!

Answer 2

Yes.

Pink Eye is usually from an allergy or an infection (bacterial or viral). Allergies can be treated as can infections, but either case is never guaranteed to be repeated. After having had Pink Eye, your best bet would be prevention, so the incident(s) leading to contracting Pink Eye, be prevented or kept in check.

Answer 3

Yes, it's possible to get just one pink eye, in fact it's typical for only one eye to be infected, though both certainly can. If you have one pink eye, you should wash your hands often, wear glasses, and never touch your eyes to prevent worse infection or your other eye from getting infected.

Answer 4

Yes, it is likely that if you touch an infected area and then touch your eye, no matter whether you had pink eye before, you can become infected again. It happened to me on the same eye and I had to treat it the same way with antibiotics.

Answer 5

There is more than one possible reason for eyes to become red. If the redness is accompanied by itching, pink eye is a likely diagnosis. If it does not clear up or is becoming a problem for you, consult a doctor. You may need antibiotic eye-drops.