Conjunctishytus... - SV650.org

20-07-12, 07:22 AM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!

I go to some tucked away place in Scotland, spend most of my time wading through marshland with deer and badgers, then spend 3 days wild camping on an uninhabited island extracting seabirds from a net at night...come home and I have something wrong with my eyes, think it's just dry eyes 'cos of exposure to wind so don't go to the doctor for a week or two...then find out I have Conjunctivitus, I hate hate hate it. Done the antibiotics course and think I still have it, just want it to leave me alone!

Anyone had it, got tips for helping eradicate it? And anyone had it while having to use the bike, cos it's making me paranoid when helmet going on and off but nowt I can do about it

How do I know when it's gone, need my eyeliner back lol

Cheers all,
A dejected Missyburd, the world's crappest patient x

20-07-12, 07:41 AM

Only look at nice things until it goes away.

Sleek, sporty Italian cars and motorbikes, cute fluffy animals, Scott Schumanns fashion blog or the bronzed Adonis that is your husband/boyfriend. Your choice.

20-07-12, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Small Clanger

Only look at nice things until it goes away.

British classic cars and motorbikes, cute fluffy animals, National Geographic blog or the greasy monkey that is your boyfriend. Your choice.

All through watery eyes, amazing how the slight distortion sheds a better light on things

pookie · 20-07-12, 08:04 AM

I have used cooled down camomile tea and cotton wool to relieve the symptoms.

20-07-12, 08:18 AM

Saline Solution.

Salt water every time! Make a cup of it and hold your eyelids open then slowly tip it in.
you'll need to blink but thats sorta the magic behind it, it works for me without fail.

20-07-12, 08:31 AM

Only problem with Salt solution is that it dries the skin out, I have slight flaking under my eyelids. Managed to get to speak to a triage doctor just now and he says I shouldn't be infectious now and that I had Blepheritis combined with conjunctivitis. Nurse never told me I had that

or how to deal with it. Hot compresses a couple of times a day and general "eyelid hygiene". I've used a drop or two of tea tree oil (natural antiseptic) in warm water for the compresses, hopefully that should sort the remaining symptoms. Can use Vaseline to help keep the area moisturised.

Just glad I'm not infectious anymore. Hoping my helmet's clear of it!

Nobbylad · 20-07-12, 09:49 AM

Salty solution to the eyes?

Hmmmm

andrewsmith · 20-07-12, 10:16 AM

Dettol and a sponge

20-07-12, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

Salty solution to the eyes?

Hmmmm

http://www.wikihow.com/Wash-Eyes-With-Water

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-need...de-eyewash.htm

Yup, salty water.
That second leak seems more concerned about the quality of the water as opposed to the salt content

20-07-12, 12:32 PM

optrex infected eye,

clears it up in about 3 days but makes your phlegm taste really bad.

20-07-12, 07:22 AM	#1
missyburd Guest Posts: n/a	Conjunctishytus... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH! I go to some tucked away place in Scotland, spend most of my time wading through marshland with deer and badgers, then spend 3 days wild camping on an uninhabited island extracting seabirds from a net at night...come home and I have something wrong with my eyes, think it's just dry eyes 'cos of exposure to wind so don't go to the doctor for a week or two...then find out I have Conjunctivitus, I hate hate hate it. Done the antibiotics course and think I still have it, just want it to leave me alone! Anyone had it, got tips for helping eradicate it? And anyone had it while having to use the bike, cos it's making me paranoid when helmet going on and off but nowt I can do about it How do I know when it's gone, need my eyeliner back lol Cheers all, A dejected Missyburd, the world's crappest patient x Last edited by missyburd; 20-07-12 at 07:23 AM.

20-07-12, 07:41 AM	#2
Small Clanger Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Conjunctishytus... Only look at nice things until it goes away. Sleek, sporty Italian cars and motorbikes, cute fluffy animals, Scott Schumanns fashion blog or the bronzed Adonis that is your husband/boyfriend. Your choice.

20-07-12, 08:04 AM	#4
pookie Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Essex Posts: 938	Re: Conjunctishytus... I have used cooled down camomile tea and cotton wool to relieve the symptoms. __________________ "an unedifying exercise in postmodern, operatic grunge" Was - 2000 Candy blue sv650s -2003 Sonic silver sv1000s Gone - 2007 Wildfire Orange Ninja zx6r Now - 2010 Triton blue sv650s -Back to the future

20-07-12, 08:18 AM	#5
Owenski Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Conjunctishytus... Saline Solution. Salt water every time! Make a cup of it and hold your eyelids open then slowly tip it in. you'll need to blink but thats sorta the magic behind it, it works for me without fail.

20-07-12, 08:31 AM	#6
missyburd Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Conjunctishytus... Only problem with Salt solution is that it dries the skin out, I have slight flaking under my eyelids. Managed to get to speak to a triage doctor just now and he says I shouldn't be infectious now and that I had Blepheritis combined with conjunctivitis. Nurse never told me I had that or how to deal with it. Hot compresses a couple of times a day and general "eyelid hygiene". I've used a drop or two of tea tree oil (natural antiseptic) in warm water for the compresses, hopefully that should sort the remaining symptoms. Can use Vaseline to help keep the area moisturised. Just glad I'm not infectious anymore. Hoping my helmet's clear of it!

20-07-12, 09:49 AM	#7
Nobbylad Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Lancs Posts: 4,055	Re: Conjunctishytus... Salty solution to the eyes? Hmmmm

20-07-12, 10:16 AM	#8
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Conjunctishytus... Dettol and a sponge __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

20-07-12, 12:32 PM	#10
454697819 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Conjunctishytus... optrex infected eye, clears it up in about 3 days but makes your phlegm taste really bad.