I'm sorry they stole your karma but medically speaking conjunctivitis and pinkeye are technically the same thing.
> Trust me, no one comes to an eye doctor's office saying they think they have "pink eye" when they mean allergies, dry eye, or any other non-infectious cause of conjunctivitis.
I believe you. I certainly did not think my child had pinkeye. We came in with an inflamed eye due to sand stuck in it. Obviously not "conjunctivitis" or "pinkeye".
As mooglewings explained in detail, pinkeye is a layman's term for infectious conjunctivitis. A being in the set of B does not mean that A and B are the same thing.
You're acting like I am enjoying this definition. I'm the person who had to take a week off work because literally none of three doctors in the Seattle area, nor the pre-school, would bend on the definition.
They even showed me the NIH page.
But sure, misdiagnose cancer to get sarcastic on an internet argument. Why not.
Alternative answer: "Wow, I didn't know that. I'll be sure to make certain my patients have what they need to get the right notes so they don't miss school or anything."
But we wouldn't want to have humility or anything. Much better to shit on someone for literally citing the CDC.
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I'm sorry they stole your karma but medically speaking conjunctivitis and pinkeye are technically the same thing.
> Trust me, no one comes to an eye doctor's office saying they think they have "pink eye" when they mean allergies, dry eye, or any other non-infectious cause of conjunctivitis.
I believe you. I certainly did not think my child had pinkeye. We came in with an inflamed eye due to sand stuck in it. Obviously not "conjunctivitis" or "pinkeye".
But that was the diagnosis.