Pink Eye: Preschooler
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Pink Eye
Asked by R.O. from Atlanta
on August 24, 2008
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It's midnight, any relief ideas for a 4 year old with pink eye?
Motrin for the pain. Cold packs for eyes. Anthing else?
Thanks :)
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- If she will let you, a Q-tip soaked with hot water and scrubbed along the inside bottom lid and the lashes along the top help to rid the follicles of crusted mucus. Th...
- Not cold packs. Use warm compresses and then call the doc. Make sure there is nothing in the eye, allergies, or maybe a scratch. WHen you say pain I think of a scratch...
- If it doesn't go away go see the eye dr definitely.... A warm wash cloth will wipe away the icky wet stuff and the crusty stuff. This is what I've done for myself. ...
Pink Eye
Asked by T.K. from Chicago
on February 28, 2008
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I think that I might have pink eye, I woke up this morning with goopies on my top and bottom eyelashes and my eye is all pink. It just doesn't really hurt it feels un...
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- pink eye is contageous, i reccomend you go get it checked out ASAP
- You have pink eye~ call your doc for a perscription (drops) it will go away pretty quick good luck
- T, there are bacterial and viral type. Many times the only way to distinguish is to culture it and that is expensive. You might call your MD and tell him your symptoms...
Pink Eye
Asked by A.S. from Rochester
on November 30, 2009
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Hi Mamas,
My 3 year old son will not let me get the eye drops in to cure his pink eye. I tried putting saline drops in my own eyes so he can see that it's not scar...
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- Yes, as others have said, do it with his eyes closed. When I took my 2 yo daughter to the eye doctor, even he said this is the best way to do it with young kids. May...
- Hi A., My two children were the same way especially my daughter. She did not like to see the bottle getting close to her eye. You can try waiting until he takes...
- try putting them in the corner of his closed eye. When he opens it the drops will go in. I know hopw hard it is when a child fights getting medicine. we used to hav...
Pink Eye
Asked by T.C. from Hickory
on July 4, 2011
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my four year old daughter caught pink eyes from my 20 month old who had them last week.... my 4 year old is much worse and cant stop crying saying that they burn.... s...
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- Pink Eye is horrible!! It DOES burn and itch... warm wash clothes to get the gunk out helps...have her lay down and relax...tell her the wash cloth WILL HELP with t...
- Take a clean wash cloth and some JOHNSON'S BABY SHAMPOO in a sink of warm water. Wash out her eyes and the pink eye will go away. It has to be Johnson's. A pediatri...
- children's ibuprofen, warm wash clothes. I would ask my pediatrician for numbing eye drops, but that's not necessary bc our ped always scripts a rx with the numbing s...
Pink Eye
Asked by M.Y. from Kalamazoo
on May 23, 2009
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Hey everyone...my daughter had pink eye last Tues and was given drops for it. Her last day of the drops is today. About two hours ago I noticed gunk coming out of my...
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- When my 3 year old had pink eye our ped told us to keep the drops and use them if anyone else in our family got it because it's so catchy. So, I would go ahead. I wo...
- YES!! Pink eye moved through my house like wildfire and my doctor said as long as the dropper bottle did not touch the eye, I would be safe to use it on anyone else w...
- honestly, i have done it. my kids are only 11 months apart and very close, so what one kids gets the other eventually does, too. my daughter had pink eye last fall, an...
Pink Eye!! Help!!
Asked by M.2. from Lima
on April 5, 2011
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Hello, my 4 year old son woke up this morning with pink eye! Do I absolutely need to take him into the doctors or is there something I can do at home for it?
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- We went through this a couple of weeks ago with 2 daycare kids. They both had antibiotic drops from he doc and the rest of the family members including my own used Pol...
- Pink eye can be viral or bacterial. If it's bacterial you need the antibiotic drops the over the counter pink eye drops only help relieve the symptoms of viral pink ey...
- If you are certain it is pink eye, then he should go in for an antibiotic eyedrop. I've read that pink eye will eventually clear up on its own, but it is very contagi...
Pink Eye Question??
Asked by A.L. from San Diego
on February 7, 2009
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Hello everyone,
I have had a cold for about 4 days. Last night my left eye started itching really bad, I assumed it was makeup in my eye. All night long pus oozed out...
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- A., You very well may have pink eye BUT, it could simply be that your sinuses are draining into the eye. I often have the exact same symptoms as pink eye, but it's a...
- Yes you have pink eye and yes you can have it in only one eye at a time. Call your doctor and get a same day appt with your urgent care unit. Pink eye is HIGHLY CONT...
- SOunds like pink eye, which is very contagious. Keep your hands very clean and don't touch your eye. My son had it last year, and I've had it more times than I can c...
Pink Eye or Something Else
Asked by J.P. from Chicago
on January 17, 2011
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Yesterday I took my almost 3 year old to the doctor for ear pain and was told that she does have an ear infection. So we started her on Zythromax. Then this morning ...
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- It kind of sounds like she might have a blocked tear duct. It can be a part of the ear infection issue. if nothing is coming out of it you can gently massage it to try...
- This is part of the ear infection / sinus infection. My son had it several times, my daughter had it once. It has something to do with the connection of the tear duc...
- http://www.ndhealth.gov/Disease/Documents/faqs/Strep%20Pneumo.pdf the germ mentioned can present as pink eye, ear infection and pneumonia any or all. Unfortunately ...
Pink Eye and Toddlers
Asked by S.H. from Charlotte
on April 17, 2008
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My toddler has Pink eye and he won't let me get the drops in. I can get them on the eye area while he is screaming and thrashing. I have tried explaining that he has...
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- S. ~ It is extremely important that you get those drops into his eyes. If you let it "clear" on its own, it will never totally go away and when it recurs, it will be...
- When I was a child, if you had pink eye, your mom took a warm washcloth and gently cleaned your eye now and then, and unless it was really bad you went to school. It ...
- Interesting to hear that there are drops for the pink eye.....In Russia where I grew up it is something that comes and goes away on it's own......so I am sorry I do ...
Our First Bout with Pink Eye!
Asked by K.L. from Great Falls
on January 15, 2010
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Hi ladies! So, our almost 4 year old contracted pink eye at preschool. On top of that he has tonsillitis and an ear infection. Both are being treated, but my real c...
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- this may sound odd but are you breastfeeding your 4 month old? if you are you should take some of the breastmilk and put it in your 4 year olds eye a few times a day. ...
- Hi Kristen, I am an Optometrist and just wanted to let you know that you are absolutely doing everything you should be doing to prevent spreading the infection to o...
- K., I don't know about your initial question, but I help with the contacts question. I have gotten Pink 3 times because I worked in several day cares...in fact I m...
