conjunctivitis still , after six days with drops

[mommie]

my dd (11 months) picked up eye infection at nursery and despite giving her 4 drops a day, prescribed by doctor, she still has it. any suggestions?

My two have had it on and off for 3 weeks now too. I just keep washing eyes with salt water solution now the drops have run out. Theirs isnt terribly bad now though and they have just had colds which doesnt help it.

Conjunctivitis is infectious, is she staying away from nursery?

A fantastic homeopathic remedy is Euphrasia.Its always worked for my family for stubborn conjunctivits.Go to health/herbal store.You can get it in tiny pillules that taste sweet so she wont mind them.They dissolve in the mouth.Dont touch then with hands though,makes them less effective.

vickitiredmum - mine has a cold too - does that mean it's viral not bacterial? also, re salt solution? do you just add salt to water or do you buy a saline solution in chemist? dd is at a nursery so am desperate to have infection better as can't work (sorry if that sounds hard. I want her to get better too)

sleepysuzy - she is away from nursery at the moment. altho she got it there in the first place (grr)

You can make your own salt solution for cleaning: one level teaspoon per pint of previously boiled water.

there's some info here

Yep - sleepy's right. I dont know about viral thing but my GP did say at the time that it all usuallly goes hand in hand.

got any breastmilk handy? squirt that in her eye

mommie, she may be getting re-infected by other children/toys/pillowcases etc. Is her eye sticky and green? If not, it could be viral.

eye is sticky, but yellow not green. re breastmilk misdee- that dried up months ago (she was bottle fed since 2 months; could not get head around breastfeeding at all)

Then I'd say bacterial. Yellow counts as green!

I'm afraid when my dd started nursery she got this and I was off work for 2 weeks (yes 2 weeks!) in the first month I was back!

If she still has a cold and this is viral, it will probably hang around till the cold goes. You must keep washing her bed linen and change her pillowcase every morning. If you feel that it may be something worse, take her back to the GP. These things are an absolute pain to get rid of.

foxinsocks - my heart sinks at yr message, but also makes me more realistic about situation. thanks

Make a point of always asking the doctor when you see one how quickly they would expect the infection/illness to continue for and when should you go back if it hasn't cleared up? I always do. Eg I was stunned to hear that my dd could be chronically constipated for two years without it being abnormal - and she was, nearly! You could always ring the doctor and ask if you should go back or give the treatment a bit longer.

Howe's it going, mommie?