What is allergic conjunctivitis?

Allergic conjunctivitis is characterized as an allergic reaction to pollen, dander, mold, or other allergy-causing substances. The whites of the eye and the tissue lining the eyelids become irritated, reddened, swollen and inflamed.

How do members experience allergic conjunctivitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with allergic conjunctivitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for allergic conjunctivitis*

Who has allergic conjunctivitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 2
30s 6
40s 5
50s 4
60s 0
70+ 1

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 15

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What is allergic conjunctivitis?

Allergic conjunctivitis is characterized as an allergic reaction to pollen, dander, mold, or other allergy-causing substances. The whites of the eye and the tissue lining the eyelids become irritated, reddened, swollen and inflamed.



Common symptoms reported by people with allergic conjunctivitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for allergic conjunctivitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with allergic conjunctivitis

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have allergic conjunctivitis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with allergic conjunctivitis? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has allergic conjunctivitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 9 say allergic conjunctivitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 2
30s 6
40s 5
50s 4
60s 0
70+ 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 15

These charts show data from allergic conjunctivitis patients who have completed their condition history
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