Home Remedies for Pink Eye

Our windows to the world are two delicate and complex organs. If they’re not looked after, they can saddle you with a host of problems, like irritation, dryness, eye infections, cataract and even blindness. Not only this, certain eye conditions can indicate if something’s gone wrong in some other part of the body too.

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For instance, blurred vision can be a sign of diabetes, yellow eyes can be a cue to hepatitis or a marked difference in the pupil’s size can point towards a tumor developing in somewhere. Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, is one such annoying and highly contagious infection.

Understanding pink eye

When conjunctiva, the membrane that covers the eyeball, gets inflamed along with the inside of the eyelids, it causes the pink eye. This condition proves troublesome because it’s accompanied by the telltale pink eye symptoms of redness, eye pain, dryness, burning, blurred vision and a sticky discharge. The bad news is you can readily get it from others.

So, what causes pink eye? It can be a result of viral infections, like cold, acute respiratory infection, or disease such as measles, herpes simplex or herpes zoster. It can also be caused by bacteria, like Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Hemophilus. Even environmental hazards, like wind, smoke, dust and allergic reactions to pollen, dust or grass can cause this infection. Less common causes include exposure to sun lamps or electrical arcs used during welding and blocked or inadequate drainage of the tear ducts.

Home remedies for pink eye

Pink eye treatment can involve over-the-counter drops and ointments or natural home remedies. However, in all cases applying warm compresses to the affected eye several times a day generally help reduce the discomfort. Let’s see what all pink eye remedies are available:

a. Homeopathy:

Some homeopathic home remedies designed to treat conjunctivitis include Pulsatilla, Belladonna and eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis). Homeopathic eye drops and eye washes can be made from eyebright or chamomile ( Matricaria recutita).

b. Boric acid:

Boric acid eyewash may help relieve the discomfort associated with pink eye, as it cleans and soothes the infected eye. Even a warm compress applied to the affected eye can help relieve the discomfort.

c. Tea:

Damp tea bags placed on the eyes can ease the discomfort of allergic pink eye. For this boil the tea bags and let them cool before placing them on the infected eye. You can also simply make a little stronger tea and then use an eye cup to hold the lukewarm tea in each eye.

d. Calendula:

Calendula, an antiseptic perfect for irritation due to pollutants and allergies, is effective against itching and inflammation. It’s generally used as a local compress and eyewash.

e. Jasmine flowers:

Distilled water in which jasmine flowers had been soaked overnight used as eye drops will work like a charm for pink eye, especially for the eye having yellow discharge.
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f. Honey:

Putting drops of honey mixed in warm water in the affected eye is an effective pink eye remedy. However, be prepared for a little burning discomfort.

g. Saltwater:

Cotton balls soaked in boiled saltwater when placed on the eyelids kill the infection.

h. Chamomile:

Cloth soaked in water, in which chamomile has been boiled, when placed over the affected eye will help clear the infection.

i. Eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis):

Adding a few drops of eyebright tincture to boiled and cooled water and applying it to the infected eye through cotton balls is an effective way to cure pink eye.

Proper use of home remedies will help in getting rid of pink eye infection. However, always consult your physician when using these remedies.

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196 CommentsPosted in Physical Health

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To the ignorants…………. Urine is sterile, many people who were ship recked and had no fresh water, drank urine and it saved their lives. Because urine is sterile (and your own) it also has enzymes that kill bacteria…. Using urine as an eyewash has been around for over 1000 years……
Eileen

Does anyone know if any of these are safe for pregnancy? I have pink eye. I went to the hospital, and there is nothing they can give me because of my allergies. I have heard about a few of these, but I want to know if they are safe for pregnancy. I have now had this pink eye for about 1 1/2 weeks and it is not going away. I know it is only pink eye, because at the hospital they swabbed and dyed my eye to make sure there was nothing on or in the eye itself.
Shannon

Well, I have pink eye and am going on day 5. I started using a compress of boiled sea salt water 2 days ago, the pain and swelling has minimized a little, but the over-all look of the eye has improved. I am currently typing this with a sea salt water compress over my eye. It definitely does help with the immediate symptoms.
Cynthia

I was told years ago about the baby shampoo remedy for a different eye issue I have. They make special pads that clean the eye, but my regular doctor and opthamologist said that a dime sized drop of baby shampoo on a CLEAN washcloth with warm water (rub the shampoo into the washcloth to form a little foam)works just as well as the prepackaged and moistened pads. You do not put the shampoo in your eye. You gently wipe with eyes closed from center to outside of the eye. A little soap might get into your eye, and that is the point of using the tear free baby shampoo. I have not needed to do this for quite a while and now I have viral pink eye. I am going to get back onto my routine of cleaning my eyes as I used to and hopefully get over this quickly.
Dee Sam

Hi, I don’t have a tip but it is a testimony. I had pink eye from the 1st of March to the 5 th of April 2011. I have been to the eye doctor the first couple weeks in March, he prescribed vigamox and bion tears for two weeks!! Alas I used it as prescribed, washed hands and it did not go away! Plus my baby came down with an allergic reaction while being nursed! Went back to the doctor informed him that the drops did not work, he prescribed another one , pharmacy was out of stock!

Went back to him a third time, he was looking for another one to prescribed that did not have serious side effects, pharmacy was out of stock again! Went home with no drops, still itching, still had redness, was frustrated! I decided to google natural remedies and found your site! Used chamomile tea bag wash since Wednesday till today, ALL CONJUNCTIVITIS PACKED UP SHOP AND LEFT FULL SPEED AHEAD!! I was always a believer in natural healing, but of course one would go to the doctor first, right! Thank you very much, I ailed for a month and was healed in a couple days!
Sunnymommy

Homeopathic is wonderful if you are determined to go this route but it takes longer and requires more applications. if you have a large household and it keeps getting passed around and around go to your doctor’s get a prescription for Vigimox, it’s expensive so get it from a Canadian medicine website, in one application this will knock it out, the most you will need is two, then your kids can go to school and you can wear your contacts.
WillyWonka

I’ve heard that a drop of battery acid will prove to relieve the stinging after about 3 hours of agony – but it has to be from a NiCad battery, not one of those fancy NiMH ones. Just a tiny bit on the end of a sharp needle to apply it in the center of the eye ball…

Really, the “just point and shoot” one was the best. Insanity
Boo Vaher

I have had a ball reading all the comments here. Never thought to get so much enjoyment out of a simple ‘Home Remedy for Conjuntivitis’ Google search. HAHAHA

Anyway, I have been suffering with conjunctivitis on and off for about 6 months now. In the beginning, I gave it time to pass on it’s own, no good. Prescription oral antibiotics (Moxiclav Duo Forte, 2 consecutive prescriptions) haven’t worked and the prescription eyedrops (Chlorsig) made the irritation worse! Bion tears were a waste of money and my eyes weren’t getting better.

In the end I started using a few drops of buffered Iodine (Betadine) in a 100mls of cooled boiled water. That worked a treat, cleared the last conjuntivitis up in 24 hours. I have since been told however that Iodine is bad for the eyes.

But, three months later it is back again, so trying the Baby Tears shampoo wash now, followed up with diluted honey as an eye drop. Eyes are feeling really good right now, after the first treatment, I guess I will know tomorrow if I am on the right track or not.
Ms. Fisher

I have a quick REMEDY thats always worked for me and has been passed down from generations in my family.. Warm milk and egg yolk. It has always worked for my fam, and has been known to work with in 2-3 days, and depending on the type of pink eye it could work overnight.
Ben

There seems to be a lot of extreme views on this topic. I’m in the UK and we do have faith in the medical system but totally appreciate that Doctors do not hold the answers to everything. Herbal medicines including those originating in Asia have proved in countless trials to be slower but equally effective as western medicine.
(What we must be aware of is that all medidicnes prescribed by your doctor will be acidic in nature. Most herbal cures will be alkaline in make up. One works faster than the other but both must be considered to form an intelligent opinion not based on wild emotional reactions to hearing words like “urine” or “salt water”

I have PINK EYE for a month now. I just used Salt Water on a cotton pad to cover my eye for 15 mimnutes and it is slightly relieved.

For this particular issue I have been to a number of Doctors and tried a all sorts of drugs, each failing in the same manner. When that fails, Herbs are the next course. Camomile Tea. Drink it and make hot compresses out of it. This is really relieving. I’m not cured but only being trying this since this morning. Will post results in a few days..
Dawn

As an employee in the medical field I must post this important fact: Since the “health Care Reform” fiasco, many offices are registering their practices as “companies” as opposed to “medical facilities”. This creates a loophole for those who wish to decline Medicare or Medicaid and choose only the patients they want. This practice must be stopped, and my suggestion is to hand out hefty fines to any of these “companies” who turn down a patient. From seeing the heartbroken faces of patients who are asked to leave, I strongly suggest homeopathic remedies. I myself am part Cherokee, and I STILL sniff a paper towel soaked in vinegar to cure an upset stomach. Try it — it works!
Kay Kay

Google urine therapy, cure for all. Had plantar wart surgically removed. Plantar wart came back and due to desperation and knowing that I could not take painful shot in foot again, started researching. Most painful experience of my life, (really). Came across article about urine therapy. Carried
q-tips in my purse & would pee on one and dab on plantar wart. I would then cover with a band aid. Amazingly so, in one week plantar wart disappeared and has never returned. I do in fact have large scare tissue area from surgical procedure. I would drink it if I thought I could stomach it. On the other hand I am calling my son’s doctor to see if he will call something into the pharmacy. Believe it works for the eyes, on the other hand won’t be experimenting with my son’s.
sangeetha

take a cotton cloth squeese it in warm water and apply it on affected area in eyes.it will give good result
teenagepinkeye

omg i had pinkeye about two weeks ago and tried antibiotics, and they were fine! and now ive a
had pinkeye AGAIN for two days and tomorrow i have a birthday party, and one the next day, AND a dance performance!!! i tried chamomille-didnt work-but i hve goop and watery eyes, so i think i need antibiotics again. i am soooooo confused with all of the controversy and i just want to go to school tomorrow! HELP ME!
relief!!

haha some of the stuff people have posted is pretty funny. I got a nasty case of pink eye about 5 days ago, I went to the doctor the first day and he prescribed me with some eye drops. I have been using them.. but I just learned that my infection is viral.. not bacetrial. So eye drops dont work…
Dont put anything sugary in your eye! people! bacteria love sugar.

Since it is viral, I pretty much have to wait until it runs its course.. could take up to two weeks However i have found that washing the eye with baby shampoo (dont use shampoo directly on the eye, just wash the outside and make sure to get the pus and stuff out, it wont burn because of the PH. It kind of made my eye seem worse, but the point of it was to clean it out, after I grabbed a tea bag, boiled it in a little water, let it cool down a bit and placed it on my eye. I kept it on for quite a while because it feels good. Th4 pus and swelling have gone away a lot. While its still going to take time to go away.. these methods have really made the situation more comfortable.. but like always.. go to a doctor.. just to make sure ( I live in canada, big bonus for health care
A Registered Nurse (for real)

I work in an ER and have personally heard many tell of using lemon juice for this, stings like a bitch I hear, only family that comes to the ER are those who couldn’t take the pain, not that I blame them. However, Gentamycin is the “drug” of choice, it comes in drops or ointment. I’m not a fan of casual use of antibiotics either but without your eyes you are screwed. No, you will probably not go blind from “pink eye” over night, maybe from other bizarre remedies with no logical explanation but long term you can certainly have scaring or damage. FYI Gentamycin is about $3-4 with any insurance and less than $10 without. it is a localized use of antibiotics, not systemic . . . like Neosporin (it is applied to one part, you don’t eat it to make a wound heal). Call you practitioner if you have one and tell them that you/your kid has pink and that it is “going around” at work/school/daycare (very believable) and you can most likely get it called in. And for the record, I have not seen any Doctor I work with participate in the “killing” of “100,000 people a year” any as stated above, I have seen many die in hospitals because they were afraid to do so at home.
Bailagent

It’s works like a charm but your own pee should be used. It works perfectly you only need a few drops. Clean eye with warn water hot to warm rag. Few drops of your pee, that’s it.
wow

wow wow wow i have been itching my eyes and suffering from this pink eye thing for a week and i did not want to go to the doctor because i really jus dont have the time so i decided to look at home remedies and i am so glad i did i used the j&j babywash and it does not burn and its a miracle how great my eyes feel now. i just used an allergy relief drop after cleaning my eyes with a washcloth and j&j babywash its feeling better already
Sorsha

Hmmmmm I’m sure people are kidding about some of these remedys and no one is really going to allow someone to pee in their eye (Joanna and her advocates are pretty much dorks huh?) I have 4 children, 3 grandkids and know a little bit about infectious pink eye…FYI there are plenty of over the counter remedys available at the pharmacy so no need to get too crazy finding a remedy.
Bacterial conjuntivitus needs antibiotics from your doctor or it continues to get reinfected. Antibiotics will not help pink eye caused by a virus however and it needs to run it’s course. Warm and cool tea bags are great for soothing the eyes in either case.
The alleregic kind usually itches rather than feeling gritty and chacy and usually does not get too much crusty discharge and it will go away with some allergy eye drops and antihistimes..also cold compress of tea bags are soothing and help swelling.. often a warm shower helps especially of whatever is making your eyes itch is on your body, like cat hair etc.
If you have the nasty infectious kind at your house I suggest cleaning doorknobs, handles, knobs, anything everyone touches with bleach mixed with water or Lysol and washing pillow cases, bedding, towels in very hot water with bleach as well to keep viral and bacterial conjunctivitus from going around as it is very contagious and can be hard to get rid of in big families. Wash your hands with soap very often! Also do not share eye drops, throw out your mascara etc if you used it during infection and most important DON’T RUB YOUR EYES it only makes them sore and spreads infection
girlfriend

Whatever remedy you use, remember to discard your current mascara, as this will only help to re-infect the eyes with continued usage in the event the makeup has become contaminated.
gibby

No tip just replies to the go to the doctor comments ! The doctor would be great if I had insurance or could afford it but sadly here in american health care is a luxury !!!
Jake garza

Wow! Many of the stretches of logic I’ve read in this thread are incredible. “If you can’t pronounce it, you don’t want to use it?” That’s a corker. I think I’m going to quote that one.

I just got through conquering a bit of evidently *non-contagious* conjunctivitis with the OTC CVS in-house equivalent of Similisan solution. $10, or thereabouts, and worth every penny just to be quickly done with the problem. Interestingly, I think I got the conjunctivitis through a little dusting in the eyes with diatomaceous earth. That’s nasty stuff . . . you definitely want to keep it out of the eyes, and you don’t want to breathe it either!

My question for all you good folks is how does this solution work? It’s got three “homeopathic” ingredients, which I think are a load of road apples: Belladonna, Euphrasia and Heptar Sulphuris. But the *inactive* ingredients listed suggest a couple of proven cures for eye infections: borate buffer (boric acid?), silver sulphate as a preservative (colloidal silver?), and sodium nitrate (no idea what that might do).

Granted, my case probably wasn’t an infection, unless it was secondary to the dose of DTE I got, but the CVS drug store solution worked almost immediately.

Why and how? Is the “homeopathic” label just a smoke screen and the actual active ingredients are the borate buffer and silver sulphate? And does the sodium nitrate contribute anything to the effectiveness of the mix?
layla

okaaay i have no idea what pink eye is all i want to know is i suffer from the foolowing things please help:
1. receding hair line
2. major loss of hair
3.the whites of my eyes are yellow

NATURAL REMEDYS REQUIRED!!!!!!!
ADLW

Doctor’s
“advise” does not always work. I was given antibiotic eye drops which after a week have made my eyes worse. A lot of these remedies seem a little crazy to me but I am going to try the salt thing. I have also heard Colloidal Silver helps, but am a little weary to try it.
Kortnee

Not everyone who looks on a website for home remedies are too cheap to go to a doctor. My five year old son has had pink eye for five days now, has been to the doctor and got a prescription for antibiotic eye drops. It started out in his left eye. It was so swollen when he woke up that first day his eye was nearly shut and the membrane on the white of his eye was swollen almost out of his eyelids. The drops helped right away. The swelling went down, it stopped hurting and, within two days, you couldn’t even tell he’d had pink eye. Today, it has spread to his right eye. It is not swollen like his left eye was, but the white of his eye is turning red and it is causing him a great deal more discomfort than his left eye did. He’s had two out of the three recommended doses of the eyedrops today and it is providing him no relief. It looks like it is getting worse rather than better. It’s Sunday and his doctors office is closed, so I am looking for something to give him some relief in the meantime until we can go in the morning and for in-between the eyedrops. My poor baby is in misery. I made a batch of the boiled salt water and a cup of black tea to use the bag, both of which are cooling, and intend to try both to give him some relief before he goes to sleep.

As far as things that sting go, eye drops, in my experience, be they antibiotic or not, always sting the first couple of times in infected eyes. With my son there was no exception. He screamed bloody murder the first time the drops were put into his eyes. I see no difference in that and a natural treatment provided it works. After all, how many times have we all done something painful because it is recommended by a doctor?
amanda

how do i use that salt and warm water remedy? what do i do?
pl

You guys are so ignorant. Human urine has been used as an ingredient in eye drops. Hence the brand name Murine. Pharmaceutical companies collect urine from public urinals to make these eye drops. Urine is sterile. Better use your own urine — it’s free and is not from some person you’ve never seen.
patsy stephens

I HAVE PINK EYE SO BAD I CAN,T GO OUT SIDE, THE LIGHT HURTS IT SO BAD. SO I MIXED UP SOME SALT IN WATER AN PUT SEVERAL DROPS IN MY EYE AN IT HURT SO BAD AN BURNED SO BAD,AN IT DIDN,T DO ONE BIT OF GOOD.
MY EYE LOOKS AWFUL AN HURTS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO …………..
BAD. CAN ANY BODY HELP ME, I HAVE ANTIBOTIC DROPS TO GO IN IT TO BUT THEY DON,T HELP EITHER. I NEED SOME HELP.
Linda

Take a small red potato, wash it well then grate it. Place the grated potato on closed eyelids for about 10 min. You can also lay thin slices of potato on your eye. A drop of potato juice in the eye will really help.
Linda

I just looked up urine therapy and found an interesting research done by Vanderbilt University. Here’s the link if you’d like to read it.

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/Urine_Therapy.htm
Angel

To the idiot that went berserk over “not washing your kids faces.” Check out the toxins in commercial products. There are over 25,000 chemicals in those products. 70% of those are considered toxic. It only makes sense to use the most natural products you can. Keep you baby safe from these toxic chemicals. Then you do not have to worry about skin problems, future problems with congested liver, kidneys and pancreas.

If a shampoo claims “No Tears” formula, it means they have a chemical numbing agent in the detergent (it’s not soap) to numb the eyes so the baby/child can not feel the irritation….could lead to eye damage.

Read up a little on what these chemicals do to your body and don’t forget your skin isn’t made of plastic that is impenetrable. Skin absorbs everything too. So yes we wash our kids faces just with natural soaps …. They do exist J&J isn’t the only brand out there!

As for the pink eye if you are that helpless, fearful, and insecure about your own body then go to the doctor they will scratch a few antibiotics on a prescription pad that will fix your eye right up and do god knows what to your digestive track but hey you deserve it if you allow anyone to convince you that the more natural solution. Is for quacks only. Turns out most of us on the “natural kick” have degrees and do make educated decisions for ourselves and our families. No quick silver doctor can convince me that big pharma is dishing out so e perfectly safe drugs. I don’t think so. Just read the PDR.
dr don

not going to make a long post put honey is the best i have found for pink eye stings for a minute but work you can put honey straight in the eye or boil water and mix in honey and use it that way HONEY is your best bet
esmeralda

hi i am 13 years old and i got a pink eye i went to the doctor and he priscribed me some eye drops but they dnt seem to work at all.I NEED SOME HELP.i dnt like going to school like this cuz sitting in 7 classes jst makes it hurt worse.i dnt no what to do no more can some one help me plzz.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dee Dee

Man alot of these comments r funny…So I woke up yesterday n put on make up before i went shoping and the whole day my left eye was irritated i thought i jus had somethn stuck in my eye…but when i got home i looked in the mirror n sure enough my whole eye was pink (i threw away my eyeliner and mascara)…so i jumped on the internet and read about using BREASTMILK on my eye with the pink eye…luckly ii have a handsome little man that is 2 months old and I breastfeed him…so i pumped a little milk and droped it in both eyes just to b safe, and woke up this morning fine…my eyes do not hurt, itch, and my left eye has a small light pink area in the outside corner of my eye but thats it , im going to do it all day today and i should b fine by tomorrow…so i suggest if u know n e one thats breastfeeding ask them for a little breatmilk and go for it!! Its totally working for me…Good Luck…;)
Denise

I have a Home Remedies book and I am using shaved apple and it is working along with Chamomile Tea bags I have only used both one time but my eyes are feeling better already. I used the apple shavings last night you leave a bunch on both eyes for 30 min. then take them off before you go to bed then in the morning use the tea bags after they cool. I will let you know in 3 days if it works but I can say the swelling has gone down and they don’t itch as bad as they did.
Leigh

To those of you who simply say, “go to the doctor!”- both times I have been to the doctor for my daughter’s pink eye (and mine, we had it at the same time once) they have simply told me there is nothing they can do, charged me, and sent me home empty handed. A waste of money if you ask me- if you educate yourself you’d know there is not much they can do for viral, you need to learn the difference between the appearance of bacterial and viral so you know when to go in. When she was an infant I used breastmilk and that worked wonderfully. After her two doctor visits I searched for natural remedies and used Chamomile tea and VERY diluted lemon juice (in myself first to make sure it didn’t sting) while she was sleeping- gone in 1 1/2 days. Second time I used Colloidal siler (make sure it is the correct strength) and it was gone the same day. Though, I have worked for them, use them, and respect what they do very much, doctors are not the be-all-end-all.
Reggie

I just cleared up my really bad case of pink eye (in both my eyes- got it from my father-in-law… thanks Ken) I looked like an alien.
Went to my doctor who prescribed an antibiotic cream – started using it right away but didn’t see any results. Started using WITCH HAZEL – inexpensive and available at any drug store. I used an eye dropper and dropped about 5 drops into a tiny bowl and mixed it with warm to hot tap water. Put this mixture into your eyes at least 3-5 times a day and you will see results quickly.
I did this for 3 days and voila my pink eyes are now back to normal.
Seriously people, urine, vodka, lemon juice – these are your eyes!!
Reggie

Also I used a QTIP and dabbed it with BIO OIL (also available in drug stores) and used it on my eye lids and under my eyes – it really helped with the soreness and crusting. BIO OIL is also good for wrinkles, fading scars and skin softening. Great product.
Michelle

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! I was in trauma about my pink eye, but reading this page had me cracking up!!! I love it! I am right now trying three of the tips- chamomile tea, drops of coffee, and salt water. So far, my eye looks a little better. I will let you all know how it goes.

I am doing the salt water every two hours, so in a half hour, I am on to my next 3 drops of saltwater. I actually am a stay at home mom and I just picked up my antibiotics but did not like the side effects since I am still nursing, so I would like to try the home remedies first. I tried the breast milk, but I didn’t see any results, so on to the coffee and saltwater…. TBC…
Spencer luffs you

Rotfl!! Ya I have pink eye it hurt hehe I wanted to see if putting orange juice in my eye helped because I don’t have lemons I mean I never do it hurt like a mother fucker which mean I feel bad for the people that put lemons in their eyes >.< ouch!¡! But I help. I hate doctors and people with sticks an needles and stuff I also put cotton balls over my eyes and put linted tag to hold it there I woke up the next morning my eyes were clear. I live by my self an hate taking care of my self when I'm suck but this work an I when through reading all of these comment thinks and there so funny and if ur name is wtf ur a gay dip shit an ya shampoo work (don't use the drops doctors prescribe) they suck ) hehe any way ya love ya!
Your girlfriend spence
Sonya Knox

I was brought up using warm salt water to clear gooey or any pink eye infection, it’s always worked fine. People shouldn’t judge or pick on another person’s tips or advice unless you have given that particular home remedy a try. Be fair, for goodness sake, why does everyone think they know it all. I have been reading up on the tips regarding baby shampoo, the PH level etc. and I may try that, we will see how it goes.
Mekaykay

Okay listen people. I don’t know whats wrong with you but i think i have pink eye and this stuff sounds realy dumb. I’m a kid so i don’t know but i have latley had a cold and woke up with crusted closed eyes. Placing URINE in ur eyes is a stupid idea. I don’t care if the preseident himself told me to do i wouldnn’t. Whatever retard put pee in there eyes is a brainless pieace of crap. Bressmilk sounds good though.
Jen

Ok, I am not gonna sit here and judge all the home remedies, but I do feel that I have to correct one thing that I have seen many people say. Until urine passes through the urethra, it is sterile. Once it touches the outside of the urethra, it is no longer sterile due to bacteria that lives on the outside genitalia. Salt is a dehydrator, so naturally it will kill bacteria, but make sure it is mixed properly, or it could cause more irritation from drying out your eyeball. Just be cautious when trying ANY home remedy, do your research and use your better judgment! ~ mother of 5 and a CMA ~
Nevio

Growing up in the Caribbean (Grenada to be exact), whenever we had pink eye (or ‘Red Eye’ as its called there), the quick and permanent fix was ALWAYS Young Coconut Water, organically grown of course, which was available all over the island until we had back-to-back hurricanes in 2005.

Take the young Coconut Water(directly) from the Nut, not some bottled swill, and gently rinse the eyes out a few times a day. This WORKS,and is non-irritable, but I am not sure if other types of more serious forms of Pink Eye will be alleviated by this treatment.
As for the other suggestions on here, I realize folks are trying to be helpful, but the gentleman suggesting URINE, you’re kidding me right.
I happened upon this thread because I currently have Pink Eye and decided to consult the inter webs before I bought coconut water and made a doctors appointment. I also have a cold and think the two might be related.
Fiona

I love the woman who tells everyone off for being stupid, then says she’s going to put baby shampoo in her kid’s eyes. Breastmilk is supposed to work, and maybe I’d try the salt water, but NOTHING ELSE. Some pinkeye needs antibiotics, even though I don’t like the overuse of them. But there are legitimate uses, and this is one.
Jlblach5

Breastmilk is a very good remedy. My doctor suggested I use it instead of the meicated drops. He said the antibodies in breastmilk kills the bacteria. I have used both on my kids and the breastmilk works faster.

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