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Suggest Treatment For Runny Nose And Blood Shot Eyes In A Child

Posted on Thu, 13 Apr 2017

Question: Dear sir,
Please refer to the pics attached and advice medication for eyes of my son who is 2.5 year old and has runny nose and irritation..he has the red blood shot eye which was lesser in the morning but has increased quite a bit now..please help me sir

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Conjunctivitis.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for using HealthCareMagic for your query,
Have seen the photo attached.
The problem is called conjunctivitis. Most likely its either bacterial or allergic in your case.
I suggest to wash his eyes three times a day with cold water.
Prevent him from rubbing eyes with your hands and try not to touch eyes ,as infection could transfer from one eye to other.
Ask your opthalmologist to start you on-
eye drop Moxifloxacin 2-2-2 (2 drop thrice daily).
Eye drop flurbiprofen 2-2-2(Analgesic)
Eye drop Carbinoxamine 2-2-2(antihistaminic)
Apart from that oral medicines should be started,
Tab Fexofenadine 120mg once
Tab Cefixime (As adviced by treating doctor)
A swab of eye should be taken to rule out if its bacterial or allergic.
Please consult your ophthalmologist and discuss the option of above mentioned medicines.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Ramesh Kumar (27 minutes later)

The local opthal doctor prescribed fml-t eye drop one drop 3 times a day for 5 days and syp cetzine 5 ml lnce a day...should we change to your treatment???pls suggest

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Follow up answer.

Detailed Answer:
Hi again
Fem Lt contains moxifloxaccin antibiotic and dose can be increased to two drops twice daily.
As you kid is not relieved intially you can start the other two eye drops 1 drop twice daily.
Cetrizine 5 ml is ok
Howerver it's better to add antibiotic like cefixime 5ml twice daily for coverage of bacterial infection and for immediate relief.
Thanks!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Ramesh Kumar (2 hours later)

Hi sir,
How to give the dose..
Suppose i give first dose of fml-t in both the eye
Then how do i put carbinoxomine and flurbiprofen?
How long should i wait between these 3 medicines..???please suggest

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
Follow-up

Detailed Answer:
Hi dear,

There should be a gap of 2-3 minutes between these three drops.

Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee