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I AM HAVING AN EYE INFECTION.

2017-10-18 09:55:21
I'm having an eye infection from few days.i am using an "OFLATOP-D" eye drop but it isn't helping me any.It is even irritating my eye.What medicine should I take.
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In eye infection corticosteroid is contraindicated, you should use only antibiotic eye drops like vigamox eye drops 5-6 times .

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Hello A.  Stop using this eyedrop as this has steroid B.  Infection is of many types like bacterial, viral etc and treatment depends on type of infection C.  Kindly share photos of your eye so that I may guide you better Regards

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