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Do I have an eye infection?? :-/?


So my eyes have been getting kind of red for almost two weeks now. The redness is mostly in my right eye. In my right eye, they're mostly blood vessels, except on the inside corner of my eye (near my nose) there seems to be a tiny concentrated area of red (I can't tell whether it's blood vessels or not, but it is very small). There is also red under my iris when I pull open the skin on the bottom of my eye.
My left eye is definitely whiter than my right one, but also a little red, mostly again under my iris.
Do I have an eye infection?
My eyes don't hurt or itch, they're just red....
Please help!

EDIT: I have a doctor's appointment for Friday, I just want some opinions first.

Go to the optometrist and he'll tell you.

It doesn't sound like an infection. Conjunctivitis would cause a discharge of some sort along with the redness, and there would be some irritation.

It could be inflammatory eg episcleritis (google it) where the eye looks red but usually feels fine. This can clear up on its own or you may need some steroids to clear it.

Your optometrist or ophthalmologist should be able to diagnose this quite easily. Sounds like nothing dramatic though.

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