Pink Eye: How to Tell Viral, Bacterial & Allergic Conjunctivitis Apart

SUBSCRIBE for more 👁️ content! When to WAKE UP an Ophthalmologist at Night (🚨Eye Emergencies)    • When to Call Ophthalmology Immediately   "Pink eye" (conjunctivitis) is one of the most common—and often misdiagnosed—eye complaints. This video breaks down the key differences between viral, bacterial, and allergic conjunctivitis including symptoms, exam findings, treatment and red flags that suggest it's not conjunctivitis. For physicians, PAs, and other clinicians in the ED, urgent care, or primary care who see red eye patients before the ophthalmologist does. I am a FIGS ambassador, but this video is NOT sponsored by or created in partnership with FIGS. Join the Red Eye MD newsletter: https://redeyemd.kit.com ---------------- 0:00 Intro 0:22 What is conjunctivitis? 1:28 Viral conjunctivitis 2:20 Preauricular lymph node: viral conjunctivitis pearl 5:34 Bacterial conjunctivitis 8:16 High yield recap: viral vs. bacterial conjunctivitis 8:44 Allergic conjunctivitis 12:00 Treatment framework: all three types 13:00 Red flags and when to call ophthalmology 15:38 Summary ---------------- MEDICAL ADVICE DISCLAIMER: All of the content in this video and description including infor­ma­tion, opinions, con­tent, ref­er­ences, and links is for infor­ma­tional pur­poses only. The Author does not pro­vide any med­ical advice on the Site. This video should NOT be used for medical advice or to guide clinical practice. The author takes no responsibility for any actions taken or not taken based on the information provided. The accuracy of the information in this video cannot be guaranteed. Access­ing, viewing, read­ing, or oth­er­wise using this content does NOT cre­ate a physician-patient rela­tion­ship between you and its author. Pro­vid­ing per­sonal or med­ical infor­ma­tion to the Principal author does not cre­ate a physician-patient rela­tion­ship between you and the Principal author or authors. Noth­ing con­tained in this video or its description is intended to estab­lish a physician-patient rela­tion­ship, to replace the ser­vices of a trained physi­cian or health care pro­fes­sional, or oth­er­wise to be a sub­sti­tute for pro­fes­sional med­ical advice, diag­no­sis, or treatment. Please con­sult a licensed physi­cian or appropriately-credentialed health care professional in your com­mu­nity in all mat­ters relat­ing to your health.