re: Breastmilk for eye infection?

Quoting *Doodle'sMama*:" Ohh I hope so! I woke up with a sty this morning and have stuff I want to look decent for this weekend ... [snip!] ... so I dont want this nasty bump in my eye! My best friend has some boobie milk for me, haha it doesnt have to be mine right?"

thats not quite how it works hun lol
everytime a mother touches her baby your body will automatically make the antibodies it needs to fight off things like that so when you next feed the baby it will help him but i dont think using someone elses milk on yourself will work nor does it seem like a good idea for basically the reason i just stated what if she or someone near her was sick with something and didnt know yet then you would be sick

Quoting Kacy Woods:" thats not quite how it works hun lol everytime a mother touches her baby your body will automatically ... [snip!] ... the reason i just stated what if she or someone near her was sick with something and didnt know yet then you would be sick"

Oh hmm. I guess I didnt think it was a big deal to use someone else's because people use other people's milk to feed their babies so I figured it was the same concept haha.

Quoting *Doodle'sMama*:" Oh hmm. I guess I didnt think it was a big deal to use someone else's because people use other people's milk to feed their babies so I figured it was the same concept haha. "

usually the key word here usually
milk banks test thier mommas and the milk before distributing it
other people are just being risky but its understandable since most people forget breast milk is a body fluid just like pee semen blood and saliva....if you wouldnt swap spit with the person dont use thier milk is the rule i would go by...depends how well you know the person and trust them

Quoting *Doodle'sMama*:" Oh hmm. I guess I didnt think it was a big deal to use someone else's because people use other people's milk to feed their babies so I figured it was the same concept haha. "

Breast milk is a bodily fluid, and carries DNA like blood, semen and vaginal secretions. I wouldn't trust someone else's blood without it being tested, not would I trust their breastmilk.

Quoting Kacy Woods:" usually the key word here usually milk banks test thier mommas and the milk before distributing it ... [snip!] ... swap spit with the person dont use thier milk is the rule i would go by...depends how well you know the person and trust them "

Saliva doesn't carry viral DNA like blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breastmilk. Just throwing that out there.

Quoting Squeaky McGee:" Saliva doesn't carry viral DNA like blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breastmilk. Just throwing that out there."

no but it can carry bacterial infections and other diseases that are not obvious to the naked eye it is still a bodily fluid

Quoting Kacy Woods:" no but it can carry bacterial infections and other diseases that are not obvious to the naked eye it is still a bodily fluid"

Well, yes, but I'm just thinking of incurable infections like hepatitis and AIDS.

Quoting Squeaky McGee:" Well, yes, but I'm just thinking of incurable infections like hepatitis and AIDS."

yes thats generally the biggest worry with breast milk I would hope OPs friend would own up to having those problems before handing over milk tho

This is going to sound nasty, but every time I've got a stye, if I can see the bump in my lid (like when I flip my eyelashes up), I'll pop it with a pair of tweezers and then keep hot compresses on it... never once have I developed an infection from it, and it'll drain real fast.... aka no more pain and puffy eye. I was prone to them for awhile from allergies to mascara of all things... once I got that under control, no more styes (least not in a few years..) :::knocks on wood:::. Good luck though... I know it sounds dumb to pop it, but honestly as long as you do hot compresses after you should be fine... just make sure it's got a head like a zit before you go trying to get rid of it, if it doesn't, don't poke at it, you'll make it worse.

Quoting Shanrock:" This is going to sound nasty, but every time I've got a stye, if I can see the bump in my lid (like when ... [snip!] ... sure it's got a head like a zit before you go trying to get rid of it, if it doesn't, don't poke at it, you'll make it worse. "

Ouch! I always thought about popping it, but didn't want pus in my eye. Nothing ever got rid of my eye styes. I tried breastmilk (my own), the OTC drops, antibiotic ointment and I STILL have the sucker after 2 years! It's a part of me now.

Quoting Squeaky McGee:" Ouch! I always thought about popping it, but didn't want pus in my eye. Nothing ever got rid of my eye ... [snip!] ... tried breastmilk (my own), the OTC drops, antibiotic ointment and I STILL have the sucker after 2 years! It's a part of me now."

You pop it with a pair of tweezers and call it a day ! It hurts for like 1 minute max... the crap comes out of it... and you feel better  Pus doesn't go into your eye if you wipe it away... and if it does it doesn't cause an infection (least never has in my case).