At home cures for pink eye?

Question

Does anyone know any at home remedies for pink eye that work?

Answer 1

NO, I don't mess around with matters of the eye, without them you can't see! The problem with at home remedies is that you home is not as sterile as you may like to believe which will, unintentionally make it worse. The great thing about pink eye(conjunctivitus) drops is that they are relatively cheap and clear it up faster than what the prescription says. Though it may say 2xdaily for 5days, it'll probably work almost over night, but go ahead and finish the # of days b/c not finishing atibiotic treatment causes med immune bacteria. Plus you'll have drops left over in case you get it again before the expiration date. Please don't mess with your eyes, you only get two!

Answer 2

You can try cleaning the eye with very warm water and maybe a boric acid solution, but It is a bacterial infection, so you need an antibiotic ointment anyway

Answer 3

i had pink eye and tried over the counter and home alternative med kind. it got worse. i went to an eye doctor, he helped me. don't play around with this. my eyes were so red, and swollen nothing helped but the eye dr. it looked like tomato juice all around the whites of my eyes. infections anywhere are bad, but this scared me. i thought it might ruin my vision. so asap go have it checked out

Answer 4

you can try to flush it out with an over the counter eye drop or even warm water - but being that it's an infection you're probably going to need antibiotic eye drops

Answer 5

If I catch it really quickly before it fully develops, I use Visine or Murine to really wash out my eye and hope that helps the infection to clear before it sets.

Good Luck. :)

Answer 6

None, go to a doctor. It's also contagious.