Herpes. Everyone carries the herpes virus, everyone! I had what I thought was pinkeye last year and it would not go away. My Dr gave me the drops to cure it and it just continued. Pretty soon, my vision was starting to get really blurry so I went to an ophthalmologist who ran some test and told me I had a herpes infection in my eye. He told me you have it from birth and it can manifest itself anywhere at any time and it is not always sexually transmitted.