“How do you get rid of conjunctivitis?”
I am a 51 year old male. I have conjunctivitis. How do you get rid of conjunctivitis?
6 Answers
OphthalmologistOphthalmologist
Depends, type of conjunctivitis...bacterial requires antibiotics, viral ones: usually self limitant/but occasionally meds are needed
Dr. Perez Becerra
Dr. Perez Becerra
There are any causes of what you are referring to as “conjunctivitis. “
Depe
Ding upon the etiology (cause) of the redness and scratchy irritated dry feeling of your eyes, there are different treatments. Your conjunctivitis can be due to dry eyes from a number of different reasons of bacterial or viral or fungal or even parasitic or allergic diseases or even a combination of more than one.
Rather than spend a lot of money and wasted time treating with the WRONG medication, go to a qualified, experienced general Ophthalmologist or one who specializes in “Anterior Segment Diseases of the Eye to learn what you have and be treated properly the first time.
If you MUST try a home remedy first, take a clean wash cloth, dip it into warm to hot water (don’t scald yourself) then wring our the drips and place it on your closed eye(s)——-for thirty seconds. Remove it, place it in the warm-hot water again, wring it out and place it on your eye or eyes again.
Continue that for five minutes and repeat this sequence four times a day: breakfast, lunch, supper, bedtime for one week.
If it remains then get yourself to an ophthalmologist.
Roger Ohanesian, MD
Depe
Ding upon the etiology (cause) of the redness and scratchy irritated dry feeling of your eyes, there are different treatments. Your conjunctivitis can be due to dry eyes from a number of different reasons of bacterial or viral or fungal or even parasitic or allergic diseases or even a combination of more than one.
Rather than spend a lot of money and wasted time treating with the WRONG medication, go to a qualified, experienced general Ophthalmologist or one who specializes in “Anterior Segment Diseases of the Eye to learn what you have and be treated properly the first time.
If you MUST try a home remedy first, take a clean wash cloth, dip it into warm to hot water (don’t scald yourself) then wring our the drips and place it on your closed eye(s)——-for thirty seconds. Remove it, place it in the warm-hot water again, wring it out and place it on your eye or eyes again.
Continue that for five minutes and repeat this sequence four times a day: breakfast, lunch, supper, bedtime for one week.
If it remains then get yourself to an ophthalmologist.
Roger Ohanesian, MD
See an ophthalmologist to diagnose the cause of conjunctivitis and prescribe appropriate treatment.
See an ophthalmologist to be properly diagnosed and given medication to treat it.
Allergic conjunctivitis with anti allergy drops, infective conjunctivitis with anti infective agents
It depends on the cause - infectious , allergic, toxic, etc. Often antibiotics help, of antihistamines are needed. A person needs to see a doctor to find a cause and determine appropriate treatment to avoid complications and vision problems.
