sewgull

A wet tea bag-any brand- will help relive some of the itch. Wash your hand everytime you touch or get near the eyes. Paper towel can be used inplace of wash cloth then trash towel.

Gramof6

You def. need to see a Dr as soon as you can. Milk is soothing to the eye but will not help the infection. Salt water will kill germs & some bacteria but burns like the devil. Warm Salt Water compresses to the eye may help. As everyone else has said, you have to be extremely cautious about not infecting your other eye. Samilisan or something like, that makes an OTC eyedrop for Pink Eye. I battle eye allergies that often goes into an infection every year & it is so not fun! Just the pits. I feel for you! HUGE HUGS

Alu_Rathbone

It just sucks that I have to wait till tues.

My mom said that my eye looks like the babies did when the baby had it, so she thinks it's pretty mild. All the doctor told them to do for the baby was warm compresses since it was so mild and it was gone with in a few days. I don't have as much gunk coming out of the eye like I did yesterday.

ljsunflower

There are home remedies that work. Otherwise, how did all of us live before there was such a thing as money to go to the dr or health insurance?
We were poor. There were 7 kids in the family. We didn't have any money to go to a dr unless there was evidence of a broken bone. Mama always tended to us at the house. If I recall correctly, she just put a warm cloth on our eye & sternly told us not to touch it. And it itched like the dickens. But it soon went away if we minded Mama & didn't fool with it.
Good luck. (I understand about not having money to go to dr)

dream56

I have used the OTC Samilisan drops and they definately do help until you can get antibiotics from a dr

Ditter43

You have already gotten all the advise you need, so I will just sayI am sorry you have an additiond problem with the cold! Sometimes when it rains it pours!! :-(

Alu_Rathbone

I know!!!

It doesn't itch anymore... not like yesterday! So i'm happy about that... theres not as much gunk.... so thats good... I'm still going to the doctor on tuesday though.

frogella

I had the same thing last week. I used epsom salts in warm water as a compress. Don't touch your other eye...and use a clean cloth each time you use the compress.

lab fairy

Do not use anything not prescribed on your eyes. If you are spending money on home remedies, save it and go to the doctor. Epsom Salts, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate to us geeks, has a lot of uses but this is not a good one. The stuff you find in the store is not necessarily "pure". If you are really looking for something over the counter, talk to a pharmacist. They will be happy to answer any question they legally can.

I know a lot of people are really into the home remedy thing. That's OK except that you have a really contageous infection, you live with a small child and are around other people. Everything that comes in contact with an open oriface (eyes are an open window for germs) should be sterile. Those compresses when you are finished would need to be boiled (sterilized) to kill the bacteria. Just washing in hot water and chlorox is not enough.

The fact that you have multiple infections is a good indicator of overall systemic health. You might be needing to evaluate your diet, find a "good" vitamin, etc. My kids tend to get more infections as they get higher on the stress train. I know college starts soon. You definitely don't want to be wimpy in the beginning. I hope you feel better soon.

lab fairy

Let us know how it goes.