Do I Have Pink Eye Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Which description best matches how the redness developed?
I have not developed unusual redness.
A faint area appeared in one eye and has stayed limited.
Redness became established in one eye or gradually appeared in the other.
Redness spread quickly across an eye or from one eye to both.
2. Has your vision changed in the affected eye?
No change in vision.
Brief mild blur clears fully after blinking or wiping away tears.
Blur persists despite blinking or makes fine detail harder to see.
Vision suddenly decreased, darkened, doubled, or became significantly distorted.
3. What swelling or illness accompanies the eye symptoms?
There is no unusual swelling or fever.
The eyelid is slightly puffy without fever or worsening discomfort.
The eyelid is notably swollen, tender, or accompanied by fever.
Swelling is rapidly increasing, spreads around the eye, limits opening it, or occurs with fever or pain when moving the eye.
4. In the days before your symptoms began, what contact did you have with someone who had a red or draining eye?
I had no such close contact.
I was in the same public or shared setting without close interaction.
I had close face-to-face contact with that person.
We live together or shared towels, pillows, cosmetics, or eye-care items.
5. How much itching are you experiencing around the affected eye or eyes?
No unusual itching.
Brief, mild itching that I rarely notice.
Frequent itching that makes me want to rub my eye.
Intense or persistent itching affecting both eyes or disrupting normal activities.
6. When you blink, what sensation is most noticeable?
My eye feels normal.
There is occasional mild dryness or awareness of the eye.
It often feels gritty, sandy, or mildly burning.
The gritty or burning sensation is persistent and makes it hard to keep the eye comfortable.
7. Compared with normal, how watery are your eyes?
They are not unusually watery.
One eye waters occasionally.
One or both eyes water repeatedly during the day.
Tearing is nearly continuous or is worsening along with pronounced redness.
8. Looking in a mirror under ordinary light, how would you describe the redness in the white of your eye?
I do not see unusual redness.
There is a small, faint pink area in one eye.
Much of one eye looks pink or red.
One or both eyes are strongly red, and the redness is increasing.
9. How does light affect the eye?
Light feels normal.
Bright light causes slight discomfort, but I can function normally.
I avoid bright rooms or screens because light noticeably hurts.
Ordinary light is very painful or light sensitivity occurs with severe headache, nausea, or vision change.
10. What connection have you noticed between the symptoms and pollen, pets, dust, or another allergen?
I have no symptoms and no such pattern.
Mild watering occasionally appears after one of these exposures.
Itching and watering repeatedly follow a particular exposure.
Both eyes become intensely itchy or watery with sneezing or other allergy symptoms.
11. What kind of eye discharge have you noticed?
No discharge beyond my usual tears.
A little extra clear or watery fluid.
Repeated watery or mucus-like discharge that returns after wiping.
Thick yellow or green discharge that repeatedly collects or seals the lids.
12. How has the eye problem changed since you first noticed it?
There has been no eye problem to track.
It began recently and remains mild without clear worsening.
It has persisted through a full day or keeps returning.
It has continued for several days, clearly worsened, or returned soon after seeming to improve.
13. How do your eye symptoms relate to a recent cold or respiratory illness?
Neither I nor close household members recently had those symptoms.
Someone near me recently had a mild cold, but I did not.
I recently had congestion, a sore throat, or a cough.
My eye redness or watering started during the respiratory illness and is now increasing.
14. Beyond itching or grittiness, how painful is the eye?
There is no pain.
There is mild surface discomfort that comes and goes.
There is a persistent ache or moderate pain.
There is severe, deep, or rapidly worsening pain.
15. Which contact-lens, injury, or chemical circumstance applies?
None of these circumstances applies.
I wear contact lenses, but the eye is not red or painful and I removed them normally.
My eye became red while I was wearing contact lenses or soon after removing them.
There was a chemical splash or eye injury, or contact-lens-related redness occurs with pain or vision change.