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Swollen Eye Lid
Read all 9 responses: "My daughter's left eye lid has been swollen and red for five ... I don't want to give her antibiotics unless absolutely necessary. ...
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- I would get a second opinion. Web MD had this as a symptom of a sinus infection. Has she had a cold?
- Put a wet chamomile tea bag on her eyelid. Research a homeopathic remedy for allergic reaction from the health food store. Toddlers love taking homeopathic remedies, ...
- This sounds like a stye to me or a clogged tear duct. I would use warm compresses 3 times a day for 2 or 3 days and see if this helps. I would not be overly concerne...
Eye Goo Won't Go Away
But I guess because of that, it makes his eye more prone to infections, and he had a slight one. So now we have him on an antibiotic ointment, and after two ...
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- hi tracy, it sounds like a blocked tear duct, the doctors gave me a cream to put in my sons eye when he had this. my son was around the same age and it lasted about a ...
- Hi T., That sounds like an eye infection. He probably needs to be seen by doc. Our older kids eyes gets like this and it always is an eye infection. Hope this he...
- Hi T.- You really need to find your son a new pediatrician. A good doctor would NEVER ignore your concerns. What your son most likely has is a blocked tear duct. I...
Treating Diarrhea from Antibiotics
Our doctor reccomends this if we ever take antibiotics eveb for our youngest when she got an eye infection at only ten days old. They work wonerfully. ...
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- I usually supply the yogurt a couple of hours after the dose of antibiotics, so that my children have a chance to digest each without them interferring with each other...
- Bananas usually help with diarrhea.
- It sounds like you're doing everything you can, try working in some banana's, maybe some bland crackers, graham crackers if you can. Pedialyte pops are a good alterna...
Advice on Clogged Tear Ducts
No more goopy eye, no more constant cleaning of eye, no more eye irritation, no more eye onintment and antibiotics - and all this IMMEDIATELY after surgery! ...
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- If you are nursing try pour/expressing some breast milk into and around the eye. I know it sounds wierd but breastmilk has all those natural antibiotic properties that...
- Try warm compresses on the eyes where the tear duct is. Hold it there as long as possible. Usually that helps it unclog. I know there are also natural remedies for it ...
- Ask your pediatrician to prescribe her a saline gel. I used this when my tear duct was shredded. It is a thick gel that looks like Vaseline, but it is sterile and it g...
Anyone Else Experienced This?
Read all 8 responses: "My 3yr old came down with an eye infection. We took him to the doctor ... I took her to the doctor and he put her on antibiotics. ...
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- If I remember correctly, my brother got "acute cellulitis" when he was about 10 yrs old. He was on the school bus and was riding in the spot where the hump is for one...
- I'd go directly to an opthamalogist. That's what I did when my eye got weird last summer -- even though it cost me much more than the family practitioner who takes my...
- I would say that you need to switch doctors and take your child in to the new doctor right away, when my baby got an eye infection her doctor took it VERY seriously be...
Ear Infection...No Antibiotics
Just keep an eye an her carefully and watch for any signs that it's getting worse, antibiotics are a last resort and rarely but sometimes necessary. ...
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- We don't use antibiotics unless really necessary. Ear infections go away on their own. As long as they aren't uncomfortable, in which case you can give them somethin...
- Hi R.: Sorry to hear your daughter is hurting. Ear infections can be quite painful,so be prepared for a lot of tears,and restless nights.She may appear to feel better...
- We had a VERY negative experience but my son had some unique issues. His ear canals are shaped funny making him more prone to infection and harder to fight. I know m...
Pink Eye in 15 Month Old
Read all 20 responses: "I think my little girl may have pink eye...her one ... to the doctor they had to put her on antibiotics because it always turned out ...
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- I just experienced the same thing with my 5 month old. Her pediatrician told me that it was a viral infection. She gave me an ointment to put in her eye. My daughter w...
- If she had pink eye the white would be pink it sounds like she has a cold in her eye wet a cloth with warm water to clean it see a doctor he will give her drops to put...
- Get your baby into the doctor. Pink eye is really painfull and uncomfortable not to mention really contageous....Don't take chances with your child's eyes and get her...
Want Advice
It could be conjunctivitis(commonly known as "pink eye"). This will need eye drop antibiotics if confirmed by PCP. If it goes away after no more than 1-2 ...
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- Hi P.! Poor little guy. The eye problem might be pink eye(conjuntavitis- which I'm sure I didn't spell right). The problem is there is no over the counter meds for it...
- Both of my kids have had rounds of Pink Eye and it sounds to me like that may be what your kids are getting. That is how both of my kids started. If you notice them wa...
- He could have given himself pink eye. If he has a runny nose or picking at his nose and then touches his eye or rubs his eye he could give himself pink eye. It's hap...
Eye Discharge Started After Swimming
I followed up w/reg doctor and he gave her oral antibiotics as well, because it was so swollen. He also checked for possible scratch on eye, ...
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- Hi I would suggest taking her to an optometrist rather than the doctor. One of our friends is an optometrist. He suggested we shouldn't take eye problems to an MD b...
- My daughter just had pink eye, she woke up in the middle of the night crying in pain and rubbing her eye, of course it was a weekend and had to take her to All Childre...
- Which YMCA were you at? My mother took my kids swimming at the Campo Y and got an eye infection a day or so later. She went to the opthomologist and is using medicate...
Closed Tear Ducts in Newborns
Oct 26, 2009 ... It always worked, we never needed to use any antibiotic eye ointments and none of my boys has ever had pink eye (and my oldest is now 19)! ...
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- Hi M., Although my kids are grown now, I do seem to recall this happening with one of my sons. Breast milk contains important antibodies, and I believe I used breas...
- Yes, very much. It truly works, although I never "squirted" my milk, I let it drip right onto the closed eye and let it sit for a minute. It's easy, cuz you're not s...
- Breastmilk in the eye is the best way to go and it will clear up. My son's would get crusty off and on during his first year and it eventually just cleared up. The w...
