 [ Symptoms ] can pinkeye cause a fever  my 2 5 year old seemed to have pinkeye with redness and mucous discharge in one eye we got drops from the pharmacy but now she has developed a low grade fever just about 100* can pinkeye cause a fever or could she have something else that i should call about [ Disease ] that low grade fever is nothing to be alarmed about since some types of pink eye conjunctivitis is related to viruses like cold viruses there could be an association since viruses can cause minor temperature elevations if the eye is unusually swollen or painful then it would be wise to get properly examined but in most cases simple pink eye should not really cause a fever