Pinkeye Symptoms

The eye is pink and itchy. Sometimes, there is a feeling as if something is in the eye. Other symptoms include:

• Eyelids stuck shut when you wake up in the morning (the classic symptom)
  
  
  • Uncomfortable, thick yellow or green discharge (often a bacterial infection)
    
    
  • Thin, clear drainage from the eye (often a viral infection or an allergic reaction)
    
    
  • Itching, burning, or feels like sand in your eye (often a viral infection or an allergic reaction)
  
  
• Family member with the same symptoms (an infection is being passed from one person to another)
  
  
• Painful eye in bright light (called photophobia)
  
  
• A recent cold (often a viral infection)
  
  
• Swollen lymph nodes (often a viral infection)
  
  
• Burning during urination or discharge from the penis in men (rare)
  
  
• Vaginal discharge in women (a possible complication of a sexually transmitted disease)