Pink Eye??? Wont Go Away! - Redmond,WA

My son got pink eye when he was quite young and my sister told me that if I used a warm wash cloth and wiped his eye from the nose out a few times a day that it would take it away with out drops. It worked! I was very skeptical but I did it as often as I remembered to do so. It's worth a try, Good Luck!

Jen

Maybe it's a blocked tear duct. My doctor incorrectly diagnosed my son with pink-eye when it was blocked tear ducts (I know this because he had pink-eye the week before and with the blocked tear ducts, his eye wasn't pink and none of us got the infection, including his twin brother who'd also had it the week before). You can try "bathing" the eye with a warm wash cloth whenever you can. Take a cotton ball soaked in warm water and slowly wipe the goop away often. If it doesn't go away or get better within a few days I'd seek a second opinion.

Hello! You have gotten some very good advice. I would like to add (speaking from the experience of getting pink eye several times from my kids and also having allergies that cause red, itchy eyes) that washing the eyelids each night with a little diluted Johnson's baby shampoo really helps keep the eye area clean. This was recommended by our eye doctor. Just a little bit on (clean!) fingertips with a lot of water and rinsing. It is a no-tear formula and very gentle. The biggest sign of pink eye present is the gooey discharge. If there is no gooey discharge that kind of "glues" the eyelid shut, especially upon waking, I would vote for an allergy. Good luck! PS I am a contact lens wearer and the baby shampoo (or a foaming eyelid cleanser) also works well for getting the last bits of mascara or other eye makeup off and lessens the chance for infections.

I would get a second bottle atleast, and a second opinion. I would also wash all her sheets and bedding, and be very vigilant about her touching her eye. It itches. It should have gone away in four days with the meds. You can try washing her eye out with some water on a cotton ball. That may help it not be irritating. Don't touch the eye with the dropper. My son's colds like to settle into pink eye. I have never had it not go away in a couple of days.

Are you lactating? If so, try putting a drop in each eye 2-3 times a day for 2-3 days. Should clear it right now. I know it sounds unusual, but it worked well for both my kids and my husband when we had pink eye in our house a couple months ago.

This happened to my nephew. It turns out that it wasn't pink eye-it was strep!! In the eye???!! Crazy but true. You might want to tell your doctor that you want a test done.

Keeping her hands away from her eye is very important. Washing her pillow cases, sheets and wash cloths, towels frequently will help to stop re-infection. Anything that has contact with her face/eyes should be washed frequently, disinfected. Pink eye is very contagious and a persistent malady. The drops won't effect her vision, they protect her vision. She may have an allergy that is causing the redness and because of the discomfort, she rubs her eyes, and the irritiation and rubbing can cause a condition that resembles or causes pink eye. Keep her hands and face clean.

I wish her a speedy recovery. If this continues for another week, I suggest taking her to an opthamologist, an MD who treats eyes.

A friend of mine had the same issue. She ended up having to go to the opthomologist about it. To be honest, I don't remember what ended up being wrong with her, but my suggestion is to take her to the specialist. Your doctor has done all that he/she can, and maybe the optho. will be more of a help for you! Good luck!

This happened to my brother rather recently.His physicians prescribed pink eye medications twice and neither helped him. Come to find out he had some sort of crazy eye infection that was being aggravated by the pink eye treatments. If he had waited much longer, it could have adversely affected his sight. I'd make an appointment with an eye doctor, better to be safe than sorry.

See another doctor, ask for a specialist. This is not normal. Something to consider. My sister always got pinkeye when she played with our silly putty. She finally stopped getting pinkeye when my mom threw out the silly putty. You might want to disinfect or wash all her toys.

I had the same issue when I moved from Idaho to Tx... doc though it was pinkeye, gave me drops... didn't help so I went to a different doc, who found I was allergic to something in the air here...(it was weird though, only stayed in the one eye...) He prescribed a different drop, and it cleared right up... she could be developing an allergy...?

It may not be pink eye. But, I can tell you that there is a pretty bad case of it going on in the area. Both my kiddos got it. For the infant, we used the eyedrops. It would go away after a day or two, we'd stop the drops, and it would return in a couple of days. After 2 or 3 rounds of this, it went away.

The preschooler was a different story. She got the pink eye - ear infection combo, so she was given oral antibiotics. The first two (2 different antibiotics) didn't kick it, so she had to take a third round of yet another antibiotic before it finally went away. It's a tough bug!

Good luck!

A second vote for camomille tea. Make a strong cup, let it cool, dip a cotton ball into it, clean her eye, then take another new cotton ball, dip it in, and leave it on her eye "soaking" for a couple minutes.
Perfectly harmless, painless (try it on your own eyes first, if you're worried), and has long been used for eye infections. I have never used an antibiotic for my kids pink eye, the camomille tea resolves it in the same time frame.
If this doesn't significantly improve after about 3-4 days, I'd take her to an eye doctor. The pediatrician is likely not specialized on eye issues.

i would go to another dr. i would also (in the meantime) make some camomile tea and bathe the eye ten or fifteen times a day (as long as she will stand for it). if she will let you, make a compress with the tea bags and hold it on there for awhile. it draws out the infection and disinfects - make sure her hands are washed and DON'T let her touch her eye.

The antibiotic drops for conjunctivitis (pink eye) shouldn't affect her vision from longer-term use.

Here's some information from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding pink eye, some common causes, etc.

I'd recommend either seeing an optometrist or an ophthamologist (eye MD) if you're really concerned. Eyes are very sensitive organs with considerable microvasculature. So, they tend to be affected by damage very easily.

Good luck - I hope he's better soon.

I would say to find another doctor...I cannot imagine a doctor telling you there is nothing else he can do about pink eye!! I do know that pink eye is very very contagious...if you are touching the tip of the dropper to her eye when you are administering the medicine...then you are reintroducing the germs into her eye each time you treat the eye.You also need to be as vigilant as possible about your daughter touching her eyes. I would see if it is possible to get a new bottle of medication and then possibly get one of the eye drop guides that you place over the eye and it keeps the dropper from touching the eye AND makes sure that the medicine is actually getting into the eye.
If you need to take your daughter to an optometrist that is what you should do...you don't want to take a chance on your daughters vision.