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Do You Need to See the Doctor For Your Eye Infection?

  • July 23, 2004

As a primary care physician I have seen many hundreds of patients with eye infections. The majority of them do not require antibiotics but many people believe they need them. The only ones that benefit from antibiotics are those caused by bacteria. Over half the time the eye problem is caused by a virus or an allergy and antibiotics will only worsen those conditions. The British Medical Journal published a study that showed that by answering three simple questions you can determine if...