“What can you give a child for conjunctivitis?”

Conjunctivitis or pink eye is inflammation of the superficial area of the eye. Redness and drainage can be from allergy-- usually itching is present, irritation, viral infections - lots of mucus draining from eyes and occasionally bacterial- very red, very painful and associated w fever and signs of illness Viral conjunctivitis usually lasts about 5 days and is contagious like a cold Artificial tears, cool compresses are helpful. There are several otc eye allergy eye drops that may be helpful if eyes are itchy An old home remedy is to make tea w tea bags, then saturate cotton balls in the tea and use as compresses on the eye or use the tea bags RED FLAGs which merit immediate medical attention are extreme redness, pain. Visual disturbances , cloudy cornea