Conjunctivitis to determine whether it is bacterial or viral, mainly through or clinical symptoms and pathogen examination.
When conjunctivitis occurs, you can first make a preliminary judgment from the clinical symptoms, if there is purulent discharge, bacterial infection is more likely, if the watery discharge, there may be viral conjunctivitis.
Clinical symptoms are only a preliminary determination of the type of conjunctivitis, but can not be fully diagnosed, should also be carried out pathogen examination, can do the conjunctival sac bacterial culture and viral culture, take the secretion for experimental testing, through the test can determine whether it is a viral or bacterial infection.
After the diagnosis, should be under the guidance of the doctor reasonable application of appropriate medication, not self-medication, to avoid causing adverse reactions.