Pink eye AGAIN.

[Anonymous]

My two year old can’t seem to get rid of pink eye. I suspect the problem is that she really hates the drops and cries when we give them to her, so she’s flushing them out. We’ve already been through two full rounds of antibiotics and it looks like it’s back a third time. Before I call the pediatrician, is there an oral antibiotic I can specifically ask for?

[Anonymous]

You know it's from poop/bathroom habits, right?

[Anonymous]

Is it confirmed bacterial or does she have a neverending cold like our two year old? Viral pink eye is common with toddlers bc they can’t flush all that snot out and happens with colds. Our two year old keeps getting mild viral pink eye with his colds this fall and our pediatrician said to just let it run its course. The drops aren’t gonna do anything if it’s viral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know it's from poop/bathroom habits, right?

This. She needs to wash her hands better, you need to change the sheets and teach her to stop touching her butt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it confirmed bacterial or does she have a neverending cold like our two year old? Viral pink eye is common with toddlers bc they can’t flush all that snot out and happens with colds. Our two year old keeps getting mild viral pink eye with his colds this fall and our pediatrician said to just let it run its course. The drops aren’t gonna do anything if it’s viral.

I suspect it's this, she's had a cold seemingly all fall. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

How do you tell the difference between viral and bacterial? Do you have to have a doc look at it?

[Anonymous]

Has the doctor looked in her ears. Could she have an ear infection that is causing it and need oral antibiotics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has the doctor looked in her ears. Could she have an ear infection that is causing it and need oral antibiotics?

We took her in for round one and will take her back tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you tell the difference between viral and bacterial? Do you have to have a doc look at it?

From what I can tell online, the differences are pretty subtle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you tell the difference between viral and bacterial? Do you have to have a doc look at it?

My doctor says the bacterial will make the whites of the eye redder.

In my anecdotal experiences with pink eye, the bacterial is more severe in general. More gunk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you tell the difference between viral and bacterial? Do you have to have a doc look at it?

My doctor says the bacterial will make the whites of the eye redder.

In my anecdotal experiences with pink eye, the bacterial is more severe in general. More gunk.

both my kids have had experience with both viral and bacterial and the PP is totally correct. Viral is way less noticeable; bacterial there is a lot of crusty eyes, redness and overall gunk.

[Anonymous]

Did the doctor check her ears. I assumed my son had pink eye but it was actually a terrible ear infection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you tell the difference between viral and bacterial? Do you have to have a doc look at it?

My doctor says the bacterial will make the whites of the eye redder.

In my anecdotal experiences with pink eye, the bacterial is more severe in general. More gunk.

Yup. I had pinkeye fairly recently and knew it was probably bacterial when I woke up with so much gunk that I couldn't open that eye and had to peel off the dried gunk cementing my lashes together and pull my eye open with my fingers. It was massively better within 24 hours of starting the antibiotic drops. Viral seems to be more watery.

[Anonymous]

have you tried the ointment? I'm not sure which type (viral/bacterial) my toddler had, but we opted to go for ointment which you just swipe across the closed eye and it cleared up within a few hours and he didn't get it again. might be worth a shot if you think the drops aren't working

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you tell the difference between viral and bacterial? Do you have to have a doc look at it?

My doctor says the bacterial will make the whites of the eye redder.

In my anecdotal experiences with pink eye, the bacterial is more severe in general. More gunk.

Yup. I had pinkeye fairly recently and knew it was probably bacterial when I woke up with so much gunk that I couldn't open that eye and had to peel off the dried gunk cementing my lashes together and pull my eye open with my fingers. It was massively better within 24 hours of starting the antibiotic drops. Viral seems to be more watery.

My kid had viral pink eye with a lot of gunk, but not much redness.