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Suggest Remedy For Yellow Discharge From Eyes

Hello, My 2 1/2 year old son for the past 2 days has been waking up with yellowish goey stuff making his eye lids stick, don't know if being inside a swimming pool for several hours may have caused this or not. Urgently in need for an answer or suggestions on how to treat this or if i should just take him in to the doctors office. Thanks much!
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
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Hello,

Yellowish discharge from eyes is likely to be due to bacterial conjunctivitis. It needs treatment with antibiotic eye drops. Kindly consult the nearest ophthalmologist for immediate start of antibiotic eye drops ( moxifloxacin).

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Suggest Remedy For Yellow Discharge From Eyes

Hello, Yellowish discharge from eyes is likely to be due to bacterial conjunctivitis. It needs treatment with antibiotic eye drops. Kindly consult the nearest ophthalmologist for immediate start of antibiotic eye drops ( moxifloxacin). Regards