Easy method for resolving pinkeye by harnessing the power of probiotics. No meds needed!
Pinkeye, also called conjunctivitis or madras eye, is an extremely contagious bacterial or viral infection. The illness involves the outermost layer of the eye and the inside surface of the eyelid.
It is a common seasonal condition when pollen counts are high, allergies are running rampant, and immunity for most people is very low from moderate to severe vitamin D deficiency. This problem is compounded from being inside all winter out of the vitamin D producing rays of the sun.
Symptoms of Pinkeye
Symptoms of pinkeye include redness, itching, tearing, swelling, and/or mucous production that can firmly cement the eyelids together while sleeping. I remember getting pinkeye as a child and feeling a bit of panic upon waking in the morning and being unable to open one or both eyes!
If this happens to you or a loved one in your home, a warm, wet washcloth compress gently applied to the infected eye (do not rub) quickly dissolves the mucous allowing the eyes to open.
Conjunctivitis is Extremely Contagious
Pinkeye can spread rapidly through a household, which is why action is needed immediately to stop the infection. Most people will quickly run to the doctor’s office at the first sign of redness and irritation.
A prescription for antibiotic eye drops or ointment is the usual conventional remedy. Relief is mercifully quick once the drops are applied. Before the wonderful sensation of relief can be experienced, however, the inconvenience of booking a doctor’s appointment, waiting to be examined, driving to the pharmacy, and getting the prescription filled must be endured.
Additional hassles involve missing work and/or school for the parent and child. Add to this the expense of the visit and filling the prescription which combined could easily total $50 or even more.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to just fix this simple infection at home with none of the intervening steps?
Simple Home Remedy
You’ll be happy to know that pinkeye is one of the simplest and easiest infections to cure at home with no trip to the doctor required. Even better, what you need to fix the problem may already be sitting in your refrigerator. The remedy I’m speaking of harnesses the power of beneficial bacteria to eliminate the infection.
While doctors prescribe ANTI-biotics to kill the pathogens, PRO-biotics work just as well for a minor infection such as pinkeye by crowding them out.
Harness the Power of Probiotics
What you need to remedy pinkeye is a probiotic-rich, non-acidic liquid. For babies and children, the most effective liquid that fits this description is human breastmilk.Â
If the Mom in your household happens to be breastfeeding, a drop or two of breastmilk expressed into a cup and then applied with a clean eyedropper to the infected eye will rapidly and magically eliminate the infection. First milk or colostrum works even faster (note that colostrum supplements do not work).
Reapplication may be necessary every hour for a few hours, but in almost every case, the infection will be gone well before you could have even gotten an appointment to see the doctor. This remedy works well for newborn babies also, so no need for the eyedrops that are used immediately after birth if you plan to breastfeed.
Probiotic Options
If there is no one breastfeeding in your home, the next best thing would be a few drops of raw cow or goat milk applied to each eye.
I recommend treating both eyes even if only one is showing signs of infection, by the way.
Pinkeye is so contagious, that treating only the infected eye will usually result in having to treat the other eye within a short time anyway, so might as well do both from the beginning.
Raw cow or goat milk is loaded with immunity-boosting probiotics, just like human breastmilk. These beneficial bacteria work immediately on contact to crowd out and eliminate the pathogens at the source of the infection.
The probiotic strains in fresh, unprocessed dairy are especially suited for clearing a pinkeye infection.
Reapplication every hour or so should eliminate the infection quickly, perhaps not quite as fast as breastmilk, but still faster by a long shot than getting to the doctor and filling a prescription.
Note that pasteurized or organic store milk also does not work because they contain no probiotics.
Other Sources of Beneficial Microbes
No fresh from the cow dairy easily available where you live?
You can also mix the contents of a probiotic capsule in a few ounces of water and drip a few drops into the eye.
I recommend this baby probiotic brand as it the strain found in breastmilk and has no other additives.
This has been known to work as well.
Frequent Pinkeye May Indicate Nutritional Deficiency
Are you or any members of your family suffering from pinkeye symptoms on a frequent basis? If so, consider adding a cod liver oil supplement to your daily regimen.
This is the brand my family has used since 2015.
Deficiency in vitamin A, one of the most critical vitamins for optimal eye health, can result in frequent pinkeye infections. Incidentally, it also contributes to other illnesses such as croup and night blindness.Â
Unprocessed cod liver oil that is tested free of impurities is the best source of natural Vitamin A.
If the cod liver oil is processed (most brands are), then the Vitamin A is most likely synthetic.
This is because it has been destroyed by heat or chemical processing. Synthetic vitamin A does not have the same benefits for the eyes.
Multivitamins have the same problem. They contain only synthetic vitamin A or beta carotene. Note that beta carotene is not true vitamin A.
It is a precursor that the body must convert to true vitamin A. Many people simply do not make this conversion very well especially if they have any sort of digestive problems.
How Long Until Improvement?
The pinkeye home remedy described in this article should resolve the infection rapidly.
Usually, symptoms improve within hours. After a few applications, the eye should be fine within 24 hours.
If not, the infection may be viral in nature or related to some other underlying condition. Seeing a doctor is recommended at that point.
Works for Pets Too!
Keep in mind that this pinkeye home remedy doesn’t just work for children and adults.
Believe it or not, this home remedy is also safe to use on pets who have any sort of eye-related bacterial issues.
I’ve personally used it on guinea pigs and cats over the years with great success.
My son gets pink eye quite often & actually has it right. I’m going to try thebreastmilk. My son hates the eye drops & says they burn. I hate seeing him squirm from the pain.
What if you dissolvd pro-biotic tablet, in purified water? Would that work?
Tried that and it didn’t work. The probiotic tablet does not dissolve completely and little particles irritate the eye.
After a day and a half, the conjunctivitis all but cleared up, swabbing my eyes in milk every morning and evening. Another three days later and every last trace was gone.
Over ten days later, there is no return of the symptoms at all – unlike so many cases you hear of when prescription medicine is finished.
Okay this is great to know! We’ve been using breast milk. I had heard to use raw cow’s milk (which we drink), and I may since we have been getting BM from friends… the raw milk may just be easier and less awkward! Ha. But great to know about FCLO! We actually do take this, but my daughter, who has the pink eye, does not. She’s allergic to cinnamon, which is the kind of FCLO we get. (I hear this is something they out grow, so I’ve been giving her another brand of fish oil, though nothing compares to FCLO.) Maybe it’s time to see if she’s outgrown that cinnamon allergy – or to get another flavor just for her. Thanks for this!
I would prefer to put a ‘dirty’, natural and raw food laden with good bacteria such as raw milk in my eye – and yes, I treasure them both, they’re kind of important – than any chemical from a factory.
After a few days of conjunctivitis (stuck eyelids on a morning, sore eyes, halo vision) I was fed up and read this webpage. Just as many medics spout how dangerous it is to eat/drink natural, ‘raw’ food such as unpasteurised milk (their facts are so desperately wrong here – it is actually pasteurised milk which can kill, if a little bit ‘off’) or unpasteurised cheeses (they taste better, and I trust my body’s reactions to food – and since when have the French been wrong on cheese?) they start on about how theoretically dangerous it is to put an entirely natural, clean substance in your eye.
Our eyes mangae to survive in heavily-polluted air (with high levels of toxic chemicals), dust blown from soil (which one teaspoonful of contains enough bacteria to kill hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions) and even the odd insect, if you’re a cyclist. Even chlorine in a public swimming pool (and the other nasties in there!)
Just ten minutes after swabbing with natural cow’s milk (organic, no less), my eyes are clearer and feel better than they have since the conjunctivitis started. I will continue with the treatment (doesn’t make anyone any money, that’s the real problem I suppose) and report back.
great point. last wednesday night my eye was bothering me and I looked up this article. I used breastmilk at first and the irritation went away immediately. the next day i got to colloidal silver and alternated the milk and the silver every hour or two. It took two and a half full days to resolve and for me to be able to put my contacts back in. It worked! The only reason I started using silver is because the milk is a precious commodity here that I am still feeding to baby so I didn’t want to take away much from him. my eye was red, I had goop and it was almost sealed in the morning when i woke up. there were no scratches or debris in my eye, I checked. I suspect it was bacterial, and since it cleared up so quickly I think that confirms my suspicions.
Hi. My 4 years old son started had bronchitis every season changed. At first i do not know how to make him feel better with drinking a lot of water. He got sick a lot when he went to PK at 4, doctor gave him all kind of asthma medicine. He inhaled the steroid and got bad reaction. We brought him to the emergency that day. Went to allergist, the Doc call him allergy induced asthma b/c the test showed him allergy with all kind of pollen. I cried a lot when he got sick and my gut told me something was wrong. He has no allergy before why now, we stopped seeing the doctor and i brought him to Natural opathic doctor but this guy was no good, tried to sell his med and trying take our money and prevent us to give my son raw milk. We found another doctor, he got some kind of machine that touch all the finger and toes, can know what food to avoid and what kind of vitamins my boy can has to push his immune system. With that machine he found out my boy has a lot electric inside his body ( like phone, computer, game)and flu shot made his immune went crazy. He has no food allergy, he is healthy no need multivitamin and his body didn’t like any suplement. So we had to buy the medal for him to wear when he played game, stop flu shot, but the doctor still gave him vitamin c, d, fish oil ( we used to take everyday), and some imunno kids (herbs inside), zinc and the water from the machine. It called tree mix, water with electric pollen. the doctor said it made the brain remember those pollen so when he inhaled them, the brain will not tell the body to re act. Use silver when he got bronchitis. it worked wonder. I do not know how to explain for you to understand but my boy was doing very well for a year no asthma medicine anymore. But i didn’t want to trust that doctor too much b/c one time i mention raw milk he didn’t agree to let my boy has it . And want us to see him every month eventhought my boy had no sick at all and prevent us to give him gluten( he has no allergy with it). And refused to put him on the machine to check how much tree mix he got, that was enough or when he should stop. He took that tree mix for almost a year. I know that doctor wanted to buy time so can has more money. Last summer We brought him to TX and stayed there for 3 months( my father passed away), my son got no sick at all, no allergy with pollen. We came back, the doctor gave us bee pollen, he said it is good for my son gave him 1/2 tsp everyday. Silly me not check the information about bee pollen, i gave my son 1/2 tsp and he got allergy reaction after that night, got stuff nose and infection. We had to use the silver but he got 2 weeks to recovery. His body was weak and he went back to school in September got cold in the fall right away. we brought him back to the doctor, he said i am sorry , you should see me every month now not 3 months. And gave me all kind of vitamin a with lung support, herbs, i do not know what to do, so i gave new med for him and he got allery with the new med, runny nose an infection again. After we email the doctor and said the bee pollen somehow made his immune system went crazy again. New med, old med (the vitamin he took for 1 year) even fish oil, his body rejected. he got allergy again. I can not put anything to his system anymore. So we quit to see that doctor, i think he wanted my boy got sick so we can see him more often so he can get our money more. That darm doctor should tell me bee pollen can not ingest too much at the first time. i am afraid of doctor now, do not know who i should beleive, beleive my son’s primary doctor, he always tell us to give my boy albuterol when he got bronchitis, no way he is free of that asthma med a year now, he became normal boy, no asthma at all. beleive the naturalpath doctor, i got no luck to find a good doctor.
We has to stop any vitamin and i gave my son raw milk everyday. His gut recovery fast with the raw milk. And i tried to give him back the suplemment but his body is still rejecting them one by one. And Now the first time he got PINK EYES recurrent 4 time since OCTOBER to now. His primary doctor had to change 3 antibiotic drops. I went to this website and used raw milk. It worked perfect, we do not need the drops any more. I gave him carlson cod liver oil. it went very well for 3 months, now seem like he got allergy with the liver oil as well, i has to stop and he got PINK EYEs right now. But it got worse this time i has to use the drops again. do not know why the raw milk doesn’t work this time. I gave him the L’ilcritters gummy vites for vitamin A but he got a bit rash this morning so i think his body doesn’t like systhenic vitamin A. I just order the green pasture cod liver oil. Hope it helps him with NATURAL vitamin A, I do not know what to do now. Any suggestions, ideas, to stop his pink eyes recurrent again,thank you for a long post and my long story.
Just stumbled across this… I woke up with pink eye this morning. I have only had it one other time 4 years ago, when my daughter first started going daycare. I have raw milk on hand, coconut oil… and I am using them interchangeably. They have provided soothing so far. I also took a therapeutic dose of FCLO, since I am extremely inconsistent about it. I’ll report back with my results.. .Fingers crossed!
A few months ago I read on this site that Rosemary also works well to get rid of eye infections. I am out of work and can’t afford the vet and my dog developed what looked like pink eye. I made a tea out of 1 tsp dried Rosemary herb in 2-3cups of water. I put the water in a pot, added the rosemary herb and brought the water to a boil. I let it boil for about 20 seconds and then shut the burner off to let it cool down and allow the herb to steep till it was cool enough to be comfortable.(I kept the Rosemary herb in the “tea” all day, too. No straining. The water will slowly turn light brown from the oil in the Rosemary leeching out into it and that’s ok). When this “tea” got to a comfortable warm temperature I dipped a paper towel into it and washed my dog’s eyes out with it. I did this 4 to 5 times each day and his eyes cleared up beautifully. I washed them for one week straight like this, making sure I got as much of the “tea” into each eye as I possibly could. Each morning I made a fresh pot of Rosemary Tea. His eyes looked good in 4 days but I still went the full week to make sure.
Ohmygosh!! The liquid yogurt thing is amazing!!! I had just one eye with conjunctivitis and then it spread to the other eye over night. I saw this , this morning and tried it and its feels so much better!!! Thank you so much!