Can conjunctivitis be caused by bacteria also?
Yes, this is called Nongonococcal Bacterial Conjunctivitis, meaning the bacteria causing it is not of the gonorrhea variety. These bacteria are usually Staphylococcus Aureus, Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Hemophilus Influenzae. To prevent further transmission of any type of conjunctivitis, the examining physician must wash his/her hands well, and so with the patient. Touching the infected eye, or the area around it, or the secretion from it, contaminates that hand, and this can spread the disease to other persons. Family members in the same household as the patient should all wash their hands very well, several times a day, and should stay away from the one with conjunctivitis, in order to minimize catching the disease. Does one catch “Sore Eyes” from peeping? Peeping toms have been scared by a myth that they will catch stye (kuliti), not conjunctivitis. However, if a person with viral conjunctivitis had looked through the same hole, the subsequent peeping tom could be inoculated with t
