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Speaking of breast milk...has anyone ever heard this?

72206johnson72206johnson
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My sister told me that her doctor suggested that she squirt some of her breast milk up my sick nephew's nose and on his eye (he had pink eye) and that this would help more than anything he could prescribe for her. 

 Apparently she did it, several times a day and his runny nose cleared up substantially  and his pink eye went away.  I was shocked.  Anyone ever heard of using breast milk as a healing agent?

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Re: Speaking of breast milk...has anyone ever heard this?

  • KcaraccKcaracc
    Haha no i never heard of that, its interesting but i don tthink i could put my breast milk in my kids eye, but thats just me! :)
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  • CalifloridaCaliflorida member
    i did this with DD when she had a crusty eye after coming home.  it's not easy to get the aim right ;P
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  • mrs-rogersmrs-rogers
    Never heard of it. hum
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  • vernabvernab member
    I have heard that, crazy!
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  • lefirebuglefirebug
    Actually yeah... they talked about it at my breastfeeding class.  The doc teaching said if you get a scratch or something just wipe some breast milk in it and it'll heal up way faster.  It's supposed to be an awesome healing agent.  Crazy.  I don't know if I'd squirt it up a kid's nose though...
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  • Nell1217Nell1217
    wow. Not that I heard of the BF daughter giving her dad who had cancer her milk and I am not sure if he was cured, but he improved.
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  • Mrs.tlcSMrs.tlcS member
    Yes.  Many pediatricians will recommend it for a variety of ailments.
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  • KatieTheMagnificentKatieTheMagnificent
    Yup.  BM is used for all sorts of home remedies.
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  • tnpjuly04tnpjuly04 member
    Yep, it works.  Also, LO will get BM in their eye regardless.  It squirts everywhere in the beginning!
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  • gigglez178gigglez178
    Yes I heard this before kinda weird but heard it actually works.
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  • aegrimmaegrimm member

    OK, so I just got this mental image of a lady walking up to a toddler/preschooler and trying to squirt breast milk up his nose....directly from the breast.

    Cracked me up. People around here think I'm nuts, lol

    I didn't know it was a healing agent, though. That's crazy! it's amazing what our bodies can do!

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  • CalifloridaCaliflorida member

    imageMrs.tlcS:
    Yes.  Many pediatricians will recommend it for a variety of ailments.

    i think EFF touts it as a wonder drug and amazing all purpose cleaner too, right? Wink

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  • DrDPMDrDPM member
    Yep, it works. DS had pink eye right after I had DD. I didn't use the ladies as super soakers, though. I just put some into a medicine dropper and dropped it into his eye. Cleared up within a few days.
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  • 72206johnson72206johnson

    imagestacydelpop:
    Yep, it works. DS had pink eye right after I had DD. I didn't use the ladies as super soakers, though. I just put some into a medicine dropper and dropped it into his eye. Cleared up within a few days.

     

    I guess my sister is just lazy.  She didn't take the time to get a dropper :). 

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  • DrDPMDrDPM member
    image72206johnson:

    imagestacydelpop:
    Yep, it works. DS had pink eye right after I had DD. I didn't use the ladies as super soakers, though. I just put some into a medicine dropper and dropped it into his eye. Cleared up within a few days.

     

    I guess my sister is just lazy.  She didn't take the time to get a dropper :). 

    Haha! My hand-eye coordination isn't the greatest, and I didn't think DS wanted a milk bath Stick out tongue

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  • Winter*MommyWinter*Mommy
    Yes, its true and it works. ?DS had a pretty bad cold at 2 weeks old and the pedi couldn't prescribe him anything since he was too little... so I squirted EBM in his eyes and nose and it was gone by morning. ?FYI - I didn't squirt FROM my boob like a previous poster suggested... I just dripped a little that I'd pumped.
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  • madeleines_mommymadeleines_mommy member
    haha! We should post pics of us trying to squirt our LO's after they come! That would give us all a good laugh
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  • Mereou12Mereou12 member
    I must've missed this day during nursing school...I've never heard of this!
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  • happycamper45happycamper45

    I have also heard that it is great for ear infections.

     

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  • caremore37caremore37

    Yep, sure have!  BM has antibacterial properties, so it makes sense in a lot of situations.  DD had a rash on her face one day, I remembered the eye thing, and rubbed it on, and it was gone w/in an hour. 

    https://www.associatedcontent.com/article/114773/breast_milk_and_its_many_uses.html?cat=52

    It's not a medical journal, but hey, it's free, it's natural... can't hurt anything, right?

     

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  • woolgatheredwoolgathered
    Yep, I have heard of this, and I have heard nothing but good things about it!
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  • axr8111axr8111 member
    Wow! I guess I did hear that when you are starting to BF if your nips are sore/red you should rub the milk on them to help them heal a bit until they become tougher but this is really amazing. 
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