Chronic Pink Eye?
I have suffered with conjunctivitis on and off since last August. 4 Weeks ago I was told I had a scratched cornea, pain was horrific, that is now better but can't get rid of pink eye and excessive watering, it is also sticky in the morning. Anybody have any idea what is causing this ongoing problem and how to get rid of it? I have tried everything.
Answer from the doctor:
Is the doctor sure that you don't have an underlying dry eye condition with perhaps blepharitis? After you finish your last round of antibiotic eye drops, try this: use artificial tears every two hours, every day. Then, use Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo and lather it up on a very warm wash cloth. Scrub your eyelid margins 20 times back and forth, every night for two weeks.
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I’m having a second bout with conjunctivitis, 12 years ago it started as bacterial, then was allergic. Cleaning with bleach, throwing out make-up, was a full time job. It finally subsided. I was on the East Coast. Now I’m on the West Coast, and same episode. It won’t go away, I do Lysol, bleach/water, every light switch, change towels/pillow cases daily, wash hands like a compulsive, have sprayed everything I touch, and my husband wants to leave (almost). He has it too. going on 7 weeks, trying to be very diligent about hygiene, we are going crazy. What do we do? 4 weeks on Cipro drops now.
My 3yr old son has had pink eye at least once a month since the day we brought him home from the hospital. Is this possible he has allergies that the dr isn’t finding due to his age? I clean and sanitize all the time. What can I do?
Your son may have a blocked tear duct. Recurrent conjunctivitis can occur if the tear drainage system is blocked. This is fairly uncommon in a 3 year old however. This is very common in infants. The tear duct usually opens spontaneous or with massage within a few months. Those that don’t open usually have to have surgery to open it up. It is possible that your son’s never opened up and keeps getting re-infected. Now, as you said, it could also be alleriges. Even little guys can develop allergies. You should take your son to a pediatric optometrist or ophthalmologist and have him checked out! Thank you for the comment!
I have been suffering with blepharitis/pink eye/dry eye for two years. I do the drops and washes everyday. My eye is slightly swollen and the more drops I use the more irritated the skin gets around my eye. I feel like I have all three simultaneously at times and it is very frustrating because I can’t seem to get rid of it for more than a few weeks at a time and at my doctor’s it is never full blown enough to convince him to be more aggressive. The worst is the cloudy runny drainage which during the day looks disgusting. At night I can’t read or watch tv. In the morning I am so crusted over I can’t open my eye. Is it possible I have an infection like staph that is deep in the tissue and keeps coming back? Why is only one eye affected and how have I never passed it to my family? Could it be Lyme? Herpes? Help so I can try and get better treatment.
I have had the same problem off and on for about 2 years I have taken all kinds of drops and was told it was anterieor scleritits Just last week was sent to a doctor in Boston who said it was pink eye my lymph nodes were swollen and I was told it was very contagious but yet this happens time and time again and nobody else in the household get it nor does it spread to the other eye I am now on predisone for the eye as soon as I started to decrease the dose it started to flare again then calm down I am also on methetrexate to try to stop the reoccurence .