Pinkeye? It's been so long....

[pinkmomagain]

My 18 yo is home for spring break. Last week of school she was sick...probs something viral. When she came home last Thursday the corner of one eye was a little pink. It's been that way every day for the past 5 days. She said she wakes up a little crusty. It doesn't hurt.

Could this be pinkeye? Especially coming at the end of a virus? Should I bring her to the dr or will it go away on it's own? I don't even know what dr to bring her to -- optometrist, GP?

I feel like it's been 15 years since I've had to deal with something like this. And I just don't remember.

TIA

[MSWR0319]

My 18 yo is home for spring break. Last week of school she was sick...probs something viral. When she came home last Thursday the corner of one eye was a little pink. It's been that way every day for the past 5 days. She said she wakes up a little crusty. It doesn't hurt.

Could this be pinkeye? Especially coming at the end of a virus? Should I bring her to the dr or will it go away on it's own? I don't even know what dr to bring her to -- optometrist, GP?

I feel like it's been 15 years since I've had to deal with something like this. And I just don't remember.

TIA

Is it getting any worse?

It may be viral pinkeye since she was sick.

DS2 had pinkeye twice in the last year and a half. Before that it had been years. Once I took him to the GP, and she gave him an antibiotic drop. The second time I took him to the eye dr, and she gave him a better eye drop that worked much quicker. She said that usually if it's bacterial it will spread to the other eye and continue to get worse, which was the case both times for DS. His entire eye was pink and full of yellow gunk. She said viral tends not to be so gunky. If you end up taking her in, I think I would see an eye dr if possible.

[KpbS]

How is it tonight?
If the same or worse, I’d go to the ped or GP tomorrow. Hugs

[essnce629]

If you have some chamomile tea, steep a teabag in about a 1/2 cup of water, let cool, then put a few drops in the affected eye. That always cleared ours right up!

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[pinkmomagain]

Waiting for her to wake up to see how it looks today. I made an appointment with a GP for tomorrow just in case.
I do suspect it's viral since it hasn't gotten any worse.
Im game for trying the chamomile tea trick!
Her sister is lactating and I tried to get her to use breastmilk in her eye, but that was a no-go, lol.

[georgiegirl]

Waiting for her to wake up to see how it looks today. I made an appointment with a GP for tomorrow just in case.
I do suspect it's viral since it hasn't gotten any worse.
Im game for trying the chamomile tea trick!
Her sister is lactating and I tried to get her to use breastmilk in her eye, but that was a no-go, lol.

I was just going to suggest breast milk in a joking way since that’s what was recommended for babies…lol.

I’d just go to the doctor and get prescription eye drops.


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[Philly Mom]

I was just going to suggest breast milk in a joking way since that’s what was recommended for babies…lol.

I’d just go to the doctor and get prescription eye drops.


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If it's viral, the eye drops won't work. I had pink eye for 2 weeks. It turned out to be viral. The only thing that provided relief was doing eye washes. Once I started doing them, my eyes cleared up a few days later. Maybe it helped, maybe the virus ran its course. I was in bad shape so it was a long 2 weeks.