Home Treatment For Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is a common eye disease that may be caused by excessive eye strain or infections due virus or bacteria. Due to conjunctivitis the eyes turn pink and hence the problem is often called pink eyes. This causes irritation and soreness in the eyes.

Conjunctivitis is a highly contagious disease and it is treatable. The human body itself takes measures to cure the pink eyes. Since the soreness causes pain, many home treatments are suggested and they also found to be very effective.

Homeopathy

Calcarea carbonicum, once per day for three days is suggested by homeopathy doctors to treat conjunctivitis for infants who suffer from other problems like seating and constipation. For those who are severe victims, Belladonna is found to be very effective.

Wash your eyes often

To reduce the irritation and pain grandmas suggest you to wash your eyes often. Nowadays many solutions are used for washing the pink eyes. These are available as eye wash or solutions in which cotton balls are dipped and applied on eyes. The cotton balls and other tools must be clean as you are dealing with infectious eyes.

Some eyebath solutions include a mixture of eyebright or goldenseal and they are used three times a day. A teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of warm water can also be used for washing your infected eyes. Another effective eyewash solution is a tablespoon of boric acid in a quart of lukewarm water or milk.

Effective eye drops

Colloidal silver is used effectively as an eye drop for pink eyes. Honey fights bacteria and hence can be used as an eye drop to cure pink eyes. Castor oil is a natural coolant that can be applied three times a day to reduce the pain.

Aroma oils

Cosmetic experts suggest the use of cotton balls dipped in aroma oils to cure pink eyes. These aroma oils induce the natural treatment ability of the human body and thus cure infection at a faster rate. Chamomile, lavender and rose oils are generally used for controlling the infection in the eyes.

Tea is also a remedy

Bioflavonoids that is present in tea is found to fight the infection that is caused by conjunctivitis. Tea bags that are moist or dipped in milk is used as a remedy for irritation. Eyebright tea, green tea and black tea contain tannic acid that soothes the itch that is caused by pink eyes.

Conjunctivitis creates discomfort for people due to the irritation and soreness. The disease is cured by the body itself if you don't take any medicine. All these home remedies will help you reduce the pain caused by pink eyes. When you take medicines, your infection will be treated and healed fast. When you have mild infections you can just use the home remedies. But if your infection is severe and you have pain then you must consult your doctor. When you have pink eyes reduce the strain on the eyes and always wash your hands after touching your eyes as the bacteria causing infection can easily spread to others by touching.

By Aakash Shah

How To Get Rid of Pink Eye Symptoms

While natural remedies for pink eye may relieve irritating symptoms, any home treatments should not be used as substitutes for a physician's care. Extended use of non-clinical treatments for pink eye will result in worsening symptoms, better chances of infecting others and the possibility that what you think is pink eye may be something more serious, such as an ulcer, rheumatic diseases and systemic lupus erythematosus. Allowing one of these conditions to continue without professional treatment may result in permanent vision loss.
Medically referred to as conjunctivitis, this is the infection of the membrane that protects the whites of the eyes and the inner eyelids. Reasons for developing pinkeye include the introduction of allergy-causing irritants into the eye, bacteria and viruses. Bacterial conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis are the most common forms of pink eye, with children being more vulnerable to the infection than adults. Bacterial pinkeye is usually the result of a streptococci or staphylococci bacteria entering the eye and infecting membranes. Symptoms include itching, green or yellowish discharge, extreme redness of the sclera (white part of the eyeball), sharp pain and swelling. In addition, lymph nodes near the ears may be swelled as well.
Adenoviruses are responsible for viral pinkeye and basically produce the same symptoms as bacterial pink eye except the discharge is watery and clear rather than yellowish or greenish. Additionally, viral pink eye affects more people in early spring and/or late fall than any other time of the year. It is often accompanied by sinus congestion and sensitivity to bright lights.
Several home remedies, such as "artificial tears" eyedrops or applying a warm compress on the affected eyes may relieve the pain and itching of pinkeye. If you wear contact lens and develop pink eye symptoms, you might consider not wearing the lenses until your doctor determines the cause of the conjunctivitis. Since bacterial conjunctivitis is much more contagious than the viral kind, the use of contact lenses may only contribute to re-infecting the eye.
Boric acid eyewash is an old remedy that will clean the eye and relieve symptoms. Mix one cup of boiled water with 1/8 teaspoon of boric acid, allow the mixture to cool, and then place one or two eye drops in the affected eye. Pinkeye sufferers can also try placing damp, warm tea bags on infected eyes, which may ease the swelling and pain. Try soaking cotton balls in boiled saltwater, letting them cool, and then placing them on eyelids to help fight bacterial conjunctivitis.
Certain herbs can also be used as natural remedies for pink eye, such as jasmine flowers, calendula and damp chamomile tea bags. Fill a glass jar with distilled water and about 10 to 15 jasmine flowers. Let the flowers soak for eight hours before placing one or two drops of the mixture into the affected eye. Calendula has antiseptic properties and seems to be effective in soothing inflammation. Use calendula as an eyewash or as a compress once or twice a day to relieve symptoms of pink eye.
By Thomas H. Redmond