Comments on: Breast Milk Cures Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis)

By: Mango Weekly – 03 October 2009 – Damn it Jim, I’m a pmmp, not a Doctor! « The FARANG Speaks 2 Much (tfs2m)

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:37:37 +0000

[...] who just had a baby. His eyes were cleared up the next day. Researching the web, breast milk is recognized as a cure for pink eye and can be fun to [...]

By: Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor

Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:06:32 +0000

Karen I am sorry to hear that! It’s possible it was viral conjunctivitis and not bacterial, although personally I think breast milk generally helps both kinds. You were wise to see the doctor when the breast milk did not help. Thanks for sharing your experience!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:46:17 +0000

I tried breastmilk in my son’s eyes and it made his pinkeye worse. Had to give him drops from the dr to get rid of it.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:11:57 +0000

I recently used this remedy for my twin babies and it worked for both of them! It was gone within a day. It was caused by a virus and they had been treated with Erythrimycin cream a couple times, but it was not taking it away. One of the babies had a reaction to the cream (bad rash) and I needed to find something else that worked quick! I read in a book about the breast milk and remembered someone else telling me about it a long time ago, so I tried it. I’m so glad I did!

By: Sarina

Sarina — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:59:08 +0000

I have to say that breastmilk really does help with pin eye. My 5 year old had it so I looked it up on the internet and sue enough breastmilk was the ticket. It worked and was gone after two days. Now my 3 year old has it. So I am puttint drops of breastmilk in her eyes. I am sing it for my eyes to just incase and my 1 year olds eyes too. It does burn a little but I would rather it burn a little for a second with natural healing than burn a lot wit medication the drs. made. Breast milk REALLY works!!!!! I put a drop in each eye 4x a day.

By: Kensey

Kensey — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:49:38 +0000

My one month old is getting a goopy eye. My preschooler is getting over pink eye, so I am going to try this and see if it works! I’ll come back and give results. I

By: Breast Milk Clears a Stuffy Nose

Breast Milk Clears a Stuffy Nose — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:17:37 +0000

[...] was an exercise in frustration for both of us, until I remembered the tip Sinead mentioned on this post about breast milk curing pink eye. She said breast milk can help clear a stuffy nose, much like saline nose drops. I tried it and it [...]

By: Eliza

Eliza — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:11:45 +0000

Thanks for the post, I know it is old but I began looking up home remedies for pink eye in toddlers. My son is slightly over one and does still breastfeed but noticed his eye was very red. I want to try doing this for a day before taking him down to get medicine, especially if it works. I know breastmilk has been known to help many things but I did not know this. Thanks again.

By: Maya

Maya — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:27:01 +0000

I woke up this morning with pink eye and I don’t think I’ve ever had it. I was paranoid my 6 month old might catch it so I googled “breastfeeding and pink eye” and discovered I could actually cure my pink eye with breastmilk. How cool! So I put my own milk in my eye – it burned a little bit, but the red went away right away. Yay!

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:27:07 +0000

I would say the little you can get is plenty. It only took a tiny bit. It took my daughter’s nasty infection away pronto, within 30 minutes! I only did it once, and it went away for a few days. Since it was gone, I had forgotten to put more in. A few days later I noticed some more gunk starting to form in her eyes, so I reminded myself to do it twice that day. That was about 6 weeks ago, and we haven’t seen the infection since! I hope that helps!