How to Use conjunctivitis in a Sentence

conjunctivitis

noun
  • Swimming through green muck could create an itchy rash or cause conjunctivitis (a.k.a. pink eye).
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2024
  • In all three cases, symptoms were mild and involved red, bloodshot eyes, a sign of conjunctivitis.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • So far, Roberts said, the cases have been mild in humans—mostly conjunctivitis (a fancy term that refers to inflammation of the membrane that lines the eyeball and eyelid, a.k.a.
    Ashwin Rodrigues, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Pink eye, otherwise known as conjunctivitis, is the inflammation of the part of the eye called the conjunctiva, which is the membrane lining the inside of the eyelid as well as the eyeball.
    ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Roughly a day after the fever sets in come the three C’s of measles: cough, conjunctivitis (pink eye) and coryza (a runny nose).
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Of those that do, fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eyes) are the most common symptoms of Zika virus.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 7 Nov. 2019
  • If somebody showed up with a rash and conjunctivitis and a low grade fever, somebody would begin to probe.
    National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2016
  • Fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eyes) are the most common symptoms.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 27 May 2021
  • The worker – the second person in the U.S. to get bird flu since 2022 – had symptoms of conjunctivitis or eye redness.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Common symptoms of measles include a high fever, cough, conjunctivitis (pink eye), runny nose, white spots in the mouth and a rash that spreads from head to toe.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 July 2024
  • Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, can also spread since the fabric comes into contact with the face and eyes.
    Ada Wood, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The presence of the virus there could lead to conjunctivitis, the institute noted in a November blog post.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 11 Apr. 2023
  • One more thing to look out for: conjunctivitis and keratitis.
    Sara Spruch-Feiner, Teen Vogue, 14 Feb. 2018
  • In the Texas case in late March, the only symptom reported was conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye.
    Helen Branswell and Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 May 2024
  • Some of the cases involved conjunctivitis, as was seen in other human cases linked to the H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
  • The common symptoms: prolonged fever, a rash, conjunctivitis, swelling of the palms or soles of the feet, sometimes peeling of the skin in those areas and lymph node enlargement.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 27 May 2020
  • The girl reported being struck by another child and has had conjunctivitis, a cough and fever.
    Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 1 July 2018
  • Just last week, Bieber had taken god knows how many photos of the conjunctivitis plaguing his left eye and posted five of them to Instagram.
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 30 May 2017
  • Their common symptoms: prolonged fever, a rash, conjunctivitis, swelling of the palms or soles of the feet, sometimes peeling of the skin in those areas and lymph node enlargement.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Two of the dairy farmworkers had eye infections, known as conjunctivitis or pink eye.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2024
  • In 2024, a dairy worker was infected in Texas and complained only of conjunctivitis, or pink eye.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • The symptoms were mild in two workers: an eye infection known as conjunctivitis.
    Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
  • The case is relatively mild; the CDC said the patient has eye redness (conjunctivitis) but has no other symptoms.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 4 Apr. 2024
  • That’s likely what happened to a dairy worker in Michigan who developed mild conjunctivitis and was confirmed to have bird flu in May.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 18 July 2024
  • The mix of the glitter texture and definition keeps the eye look from resembling conjunctivitis.
    Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 14 Mar. 2018
  • His symptoms were mild — just a moderate case of conjunctivitis, or pink eye, according to a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
  • Less common are aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, loss of taste or smell, skin rash or discoloration of fingers or toes.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Children who had other symptoms, like cough, were more likely to show conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Early symptoms include a mild to moderate fever, dry cough, runny nose, a sore throat and inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis) — all of which will last two or three days.
    oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Adenovirus is a very common cause of fever and conjunctivitis, or red eyes, Buchfellner said.
    al, 22 Apr. 2022

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