I-Pinkeye yitemu elichazayo kuphela. Yilokho okwenzekayo lapho ulwelwesi olusobala phezu kweso (olubizwa ngokuthi i-conjunctiva) luvutha. Imithambo yegazi ngaphakathi kuyo iyakhukhumala futhi ibonakale, okwenza iso libe nokubukeka okubomvana noma okubomvu. Izimbangela ze-pinkeye (eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi i-conjunctivitis) ziyahlukahluka ngokuya ngeminyaka. Izingane ezincane zivame ukuvela ekuthelelekeni ngegciwane noma okulula kwebhaktheriya, futhi kulezi zimo, izimpawu cishe zihlale zizixazulula ngokwazo. I-American Academy of Pediatrics itusa ukuba kungabikho ngane engafakwa esikoleni noma ekunakekelweni kwengane ngenxa ye-pinkeye, kodwa akuzona zonke izikole ezilandela lesi seluleko. Yingakho odokotela bezingane bevame ukunikeza amaconsi emithi elwa namagciwane ngisho noma ukutheleleka kungase kubangelwe igciwane.
I-Pinkeye ebuya njalo ingaba uphawu lokungezwani komzimba nezinto ezithile noma isifo esingamahlalakhona, ngakho-ke uma ilokhu ibuya, bonana nodokotela wezingane noma udokotela wamehlo. Futhi funa ukunakekelwa ngokushesha nge-pinkiye eza nokubona okushintshile, ukuzwa komzimba wangaphandle, noma ubuhlungu obunokukhanya.
