Breastmilk as cure for an eye infection

My pal at urbanMamas cured her son's eye infection with a well-aimed squirt. Her pediatrician and pharmacist later confirmed that, yes, breastmilk is indeed a well-accepted cure for eye infections. Will the wonders of breastmilk never cease?

Tags: Breastfeeding, Breastmilk, Eye infections, Health, Nursing, Parenting

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[hello insomnia]

Breastmilk also cured my son's newborn acne.

I wonder if it could get out grease spots on clothing.

[Shauna]

I don't have access to breastmilk - it's a little awkward to ask friends for a squirt or two, but I do live near a farm and milk straight from the cow works as well - I assume not as well as breast milk, but still effective.

[Nutmeg]

This stuff is fabulous! My friend was at my house and had a horrible eye infection. She kept trying to call her dr to get an Rx called in, but it was taking more than two days.

I kept telling her "I'm just saying...I'm lactating, and it clears up eye infections". Finally she tried it (I expressed into a cup and gave it to her) and it cleared up in a few hours. She was asking for more.

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[Amanda]

Yes, this does work! I tried it when my daughter was younger! Apparently it has healing properties and helps cuts too!!!

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[Jen]

This is absolutely true. When my daughter was just weeks old, I'd drop fresh milk into the corner of her eye and her infection cleared up within about 48 hours.

I have to say, we got our share of really odd looks and questions from family as we told them our remedy.

I've also shared with a close friend when her daughter was dealing with one.

It's amazing!

[momma2mingbu]

Yep.
I've used it for yucky eyes, for scrapes and cuts, etc.
And, in a pinch, you can use it to rinse your contacts too. ;-)

[Leslie]

Breastmilk also works great as a decongestant if you don't have any saline drops. Use expressed b-milk with a dropper, it clears your kiddo right up!

[Leslie]

Breastmilk also works great as a decongestant if you don't have any saline drops. Use expressed b-milk with a dropper, it clears your kiddo right up!

[hedra]

Also good as a topical anti-inflammatory - great for bad cradle cap, the kind that has the raised lumpy surface (inflammation signs). Rinse it off after it dries, though, or hair will be glued down for a while!

I also like how it removes the 'gunk' from eyelashes when the kid has an infected tear duct... water does nothing for that, but breastmilk, gentle wipe, all gone! :)

[Csara]

Yep, I've used breast milk for many things when I was nursing.....eye infections, stuffy nose, baby acne, and of course making baby stop crying for whatever reason he was crying.

[Rabia]

It works for an ear infection too! My daughter thought it was hysterical that she got her brother's milk in her ear, but it cleared things up pretty quickly!

[Demmy]

This is completly sounds insane but at 16 i accidently got crazy glue in my eye :( my eye got bloodshot and it hurt like hell i didnt have insurance so my mom decided to try some milk and it cured it :) im here talking to a friend about this and decided to look up eye infections and milk as a cure and came across this site hehe IT WORKS! it wasnt breast milk but im sure its better than cow milk >.<