eye flu how spread - #20347
I am really worried about something that's been going on with my family. Last week, my daughter came home from school with this red, itchy eye, and the teacher mentioned it could be eye flu. Now, I’ve been researching and trying to figure out how eye flu spreads because I'm freakin' out over whether we’ll catch it too. It seems like it’s contagious, right? I mean, she's been rubbing her eyes and touching everything around the house, and then I noticed my son started sneezing and his eyes look kinda puffy. Are they gonna get eye flu too? I seriously can’t keep them away from each other. I just wanna know how eye flu spreads, like is it just through direct contact or can it spread through surfaces like doorknobs and toys? I even read about how it can be airborne? But that can't be right, can it? I guess that’s what has me stressing—like, should I be avoiding certain places or putting them in isolation or something crazy like that? Any tips on what to do now? I really hope we can dodge this eye flu!
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