your eyes are itching, tearing, the whites of the eyes look red or pink or
you have a foreign body sensation in the eye, you may have eye allergies or
Allergic conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (a thin membrane covering the white part of the eye) due to allergy. This common condition is frequently associated with nasal allergy symptoms, such as sneezing and sniffling and it may also remind you of hay-fever. Half of the people’s allergies are seasonal (e.g. hay fever in the pollen season).
conjunctivitis, like other forms of allergies, is usually caused by
hypersensitive response to so called “allergens”, something that is ordinarily
There are thousands of
known allergens in the world. In allergic conjunctivitis, the most typical ones
are: pollens, dust of animal origin, medicinal and cosmetic products.
conjunctivitis is quite common. No wonder, as the surface of your eyes is
constantly exposed to allergens.
Please go and see an
ophthalmologist for further examination. To establish the diagnosis it may be
necessary to do specific tests to find out the allergen behind the symptoms.
The condition should
not cause you significant health problems. However, it can disturb your
everyday life and worsen the quality of life. So the best thing would be to
eliminate the cause (allergen) in your environment. Unfortunately, this is not
always possible and therefore it is necessary to relieve the symptoms with
medication or desensitization. A therapy with eye drops is a simple way to get