How to Use conjunctivitis in a Sentence

conjunctivitis

noun
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  • The worker had only one symptom: eye redness consistent with conjunctivitis or pink eye.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2024
  • The handful of human cases have had mild symptoms including conjunctivitis or pink eye in humans.
    — Benjamin Thorp, NPR, 4 Sep. 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Eye, Nose and Throat Runny nose and conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the membranes lining the eyeball and eyelids.
    — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
  • The ulcerations and conjunctivitis, which have since received treatment, left the kitten with heavy clouding and scarring on his eyes.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024

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