Pink eye is a highly contagious disease, commonly occurring in the hot season and often occurring in people with weak immune systems such as children.

1. What should not be eaten with pink eye?

In fact, people with pink eye often do not need to abstain from too many foods, instead they should rest and eat a reasonable, scientific and nutritious diet. However, it is still necessary to pay attention not to eat foods that the patient has been allergic to before. In addition, there are still foods listed below that can have a negative impact on the time and effectiveness of treating pink eye.

1.1. Hot foods

Patients should limit the use of hot foods, such as spices such as onions, garlic, chives, chili, or dog meat, goat meat. The reason is because they will make the pink eye worse due to the feeling of heat and burning.

1.2. Foods with a fishy smell

Stay away from seafood such as carp, silver carp, shrimp, crab and snails. The fishy smell in the above foods may be normal in a healthy person, but for patients with pink eye, it will make them more uncomfortable. In addition, fishy foods will make the conjunctivitis infection worse and prolong the recovery time of pink eye symptoms.

1.3. Water spinach

Although water spinach is a good choice in daily meals, people with pink eye should limit eating water spinach and drink water spinach soup if they want to recover quickly. Water spinach has the property of causing the eyes to produce more discharge, making the condition more complicated and making it difficult to keep the patient’s eyes clean.

Water spinach or water spinach soup is said to be bad for people with pink eye.

1.4. Stimulants

We all know that beer, alcohol, carbonated drinks or cigarettes are very harmful to health. If not sick, the human body has enough resistance to fight the negative effects of these stimulants. However, when not healthy, the disease will become more severe and there are likely to be unpredictable complications when using these substances.

For pink eye, the nicotine in cigarettes will make the patient’s eyes have to adjust more. Meanwhile, drinking alcohol makes the eyes more irritated. All of these difficulties force the eyes to work harder, instead of resting when having pink eye.

1.5. Animal fat

In addition to creating the risk of negative effects on the body’s health such as obesity, fatty blood/liver, …, animal fat also has a negative impact on the eyes that are sick. According to medical experts, high blood fat levels are associated with slow recovery and increased symptoms of pink eye. Therefore, vegetable oil is always the optimal alternative in every family’s daily meals.

1.6. Arbitrary use of antibiotics

Keratinitis due to arbitrary use of antibiotics is a very dangerous complication. Treatment of all diseases must be examined and prescribed by specialists, and patients should not arbitrarily buy medicine to take at home. Similar to pink eye, patients need to go to a hospital or an eye clinic to be diagnosed with the cause of the disease, whether it is a virus, bacteria or allergy, from which there is a safe and appropriate treatment method.

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics can be dangerous.

2. Some notes for people with pink eye

Arbitrary use of drugs is a very dangerous complication. Treatment of all diseases must be examined and prescribed by specialists, patients should not arbitrarily buy medicine to take at home. Similar to pink eye, patients need to go to the hospital or eye clinic to be examined, find the cause of viruses, bacteria or allergies, from which there is a safe and appropriate treatment method.

• Limit work: The effects of computer screens, phones, or TVs are not good for the eyes, especially when you have pink eye. Therefore, the eyes need to rest, avoid working and regulating too much to quickly recover from the disease.
• Keep eyes clean: Pink eye sometimes only needs to be cured with saline drops after a period of time. It is important that patients keep their eyes clean, avoid going to places with a lot of dust and smoke. It is recommended to wear sunglasses to protect the eyes when sick, but do not cover them with a towel, but keep the eyes clear and support effective treatment.
• Preventing the spread: Pink eye is especially contagious, so patients need to isolate their personal hygiene items such as towels to prevent spreading to family members. In addition, do not try to go to school or work when you have pink eye.
• Diet: In addition to knowing what not to eat with pink eye, patients should also choose foods rich in vitamins A and C to increase resistance, antioxidants to prevent waste from accumulating under the retina, as well as beta-carotene to help eyes stay bright and healthy.

Pink eye is not a very dangerous disease, it can heal itself after a maximum of a week if treated properly. However, there are still cases of serious complications related to the eyes or causing prolonged discomfort for the patient. Therefore, in addition to following what to do and what to avoid with pink eye, patients should go to medical facilities with eye specialists for timely examination and treatment.