Is pink eye going around West Chicago, Illinois?

Recent pink eye signals in West Chicago

No matching labels appear in the available privacy-filtered breakdown. Low-count labels may be withheld, and this list does not capture every illness in the city.

Source: parent logs linked to West Chicago schools and daycares on Ickly. Counts are label mentions, not unique children or cases; one log can include several symptoms. This is not citywide prevalence or public-health outbreak surveillance.

How West Chicago parents can tell

• Red or pink eye whites
• Itchy or gritty feeling
• Watery or yellow discharge
• Crusty lashes after sleep

Viral pink eye spreads as long as the eye is watering; most schools ask for 24 hours of drops before a return.

Local signals come from parent-entered logs, with low-count labels withheld from this city breakdown. Symptoms can have more than one cause; use your child's symptoms and medical advice alongside local reports.