Explanation:
Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the transparent mucous membrane, that covers the white part of the eye.
- Bacterial conjunctivitis can be cure with the help of antibiotics, but viral cannot.
- The discharge from eye is clearer and less thick in viral conjunctivitis as compared to bacterial.
- Viral conjunctivitis is self-limited, while bacterial is not.
- Viral can cause painful swelling in lymph node nearest the ear, which is not there in bacterial conjunctivitis.
