The Eye Of Pinkness

My friend got pink eye this morning, how, she doesn't know.
She said she woke-up and it was just there.
All the sticky gooey pink-ish-ness of it all!!!

So we got to talking how she shouldn't be at school because pink eye was very contageious for the first 24 hours and we got into a discusion and it just made me a little bit curious about this whole pink eye ;)
So I, being the googler that I am, did a little research about it.
Enjoy.

Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is redness and inflammation of the membranes (conjuctiva) covering the whites of the eyes and the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids. Viral and bacterial forms of conjunctivitis are common in childhood, but they can occur in people of any age. Overall however, there are many causes of pink eye. These can be classified as either infectious or noninfectious.
The bacterial form of pinkp eye is indeed contagious, and approximately 50 percent of all the reported cases of pinkp eye are bacterial. The treatment for bacterial pink eye is usually some form of antibiotic eye drops and scrupulous hygiene practices until the condition clears up. While the bacterial form of pink eye is still producing infected fluids, however, the possibility of infecting someone else through casual contact is still there. A classroom full of students or an office full of co-workers could easily be exposed through casual contact with an infected person.

Woo, go pink eye!