Pink eye problem....?!
Question:
Pink eye problem....?
A couple of weeks ago my neighbor had a bad case of pink eye and I babysat for his kids. His kids nor his wife never caught it and I was fine until the next night. I had a slight case of pink eye in only one eye that went away in 2 days. Then about a week later I got it again for one day. That day I went to school and just wore my glasses. (3 days ago) then it went away and just yesterday I got it in my one eye and it hurt so bad I couldn't even keep it open. Then this morning I woke up and It was like glued shut with gunk and my other eye was hurting incredibly bad. Now they are both extremely red and hurting like crazy and they wont stop tearing. I don't know what to do! help!!
also I won't be able to get to the doctor until tomorrow...anything I can do to help ease the pain?? I can't even keep my left eye open!!
Answers:
You threw out the infected contacts right? Because if you didn't then that's what's causing your pinkeye to return. Any time you get an infection you need to throw out the infected contacts.
Now, if you did that, then there is still something that you got pink eye on that you didn't realize and you keep coming in contact with it and cause recurring infections.
Take some over the counter painkillers and wash your blanket covers and sheets before you sleep on them. You're going to need to wash them every day until the infection goes away. Wipe everything you come in contact with, with rubbing alcohol.
If you are near a 24 hour pharmacy of any kind check the eyecare isle for anything that sounds like it will help with the pain, just use common sense.