Tessa the Duchess Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My grandson caught conjunctivitus at nursery school, and now of course we've all got oozy gunky eyes Does anybody know of anything that will get rid of it quickly without me having to trail off to the GP AGAIN? I've heard that wrung out tea bags are good for eyes, but good for conjuncitvitus? Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 you can get chloramphenicol from a chemist but they may not sell i for a child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 you can get chloramphenicol from a chemist but they may not sell i for a child Thanks for this, the child is being taken to the dr. it's the busy adults that are reluctant to make a dr's appt. (takes 10 days sometimes) I'll try and get some tomorrow. Again thankyou Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 The stuff the doctors give is rubbish. Better off with cool boiled water. All three of mine have had it in the last month and not only was treating them with the stuff a nightmare (sit on them and takes two of you) it didnt do anything so on advise of a freind I reverted back to just the boiled water and it cleared up within days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 you can get chloramphenicol from a chemist but they may not sell i for a child I've just had a course of that. Certainly the over the counters stuff is not for children under 12. Maybe a GP's prescription is a different strength for children. Teabags, and cooled tea ( No milk, no sugar!) are definitely very soothing. Poor little chap....That sort of thing moves like wildfire through a nursery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Wasn't somebody saying that Chamomile teabags are anti-bacterial? would they help? I found bathing my eyes with boiled water with some salt added helped clear mine up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Salt water eye bath and pulsatilla 30c. That's what we use. BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yep, Chamomile tea bags,squeezed out & cooled are great for eye complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I just used bog standard Sainsbury's tea bags. Ordinary tea has soothing properties too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 The stuff the doctors give is rubbish. Better off with cool boiled water. All three of mine have had it in the last month and not only was treating them with the stuff a nightmare (sit on them and takes two of you) it didnt do anything so on advise of a freind I reverted back to just the boiled water and it cleared up within days. most conjunctivitis in children is viral & clears up on its own anyway so the drops from the GP often do not help, even bacterial can be resisitant to the antibiotic drops, you are right to try for a few days with bathing the eyelids with boiled water, a tiny bit of disolved bicarb helps get rid of the stickiness. but if the discharge is green & the eye really red then antibiotic drops are normally prescribed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I know just how you feel. I had conjunctivitis when I was 5 and I still remember it, (10 years on!). I was prescribede eye drops from what I seem to remember. I'm not sure they were even anti-microbal, but they work and they help to moisten the eye without it getting gunky-if that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...