Hi astrolady, I am just recovering from viral conjunctivitis which I got from a cold too, the dr checked my eye for a herpes lesion but I was ok ( never had coldsores). He gave me zovirax cream for my eyes ( didn't really do anything though) but maybe it would work for you. The pharmacist said you have to be very careful with eye things like that, definately go to the doctor, they need to check it out.

I was quite sick, my eyes were bad for about a week and a bit, got worse before it got better, and I have had a lot of 'virally' symptoms- tiredness, swollen lymph glands, cold symptoms. Worse of all is I have to have 2 weeks off work cos I work with newborns and its highly contagious.

Hope you feel better soon, but please get it checked by the gp!