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Suggest Treatment For Dog Bite Bruise

Hi, Yesterday morning my dog scratched my eye leaving me with a very sore, red, swollen, tearing mess! I woke up today and it was completely crusted and gooped shut! I put a warm washcloth on it. But now my head aches, it really hurts and I know I need to go to my eye doctor. BUT ... I don t have any health insurance. This happened to me a couple years ago with my right eye. I did go to the doctor and had antibiotic drops. I checked the label and they expired 5/14. Do you think I could still use this medication safely? Can I use a pressure pad and rest my eye and hopefully will it heal itself? Thanks!
Tue, 6 Oct 2015
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Hello,
Thanks for posting in HCM.
Kindly do not use medications with expired date already. Use pressure pads on eyes. You can buy same new eye drops as were prescribed to you previously.
Take paracetamol tablet for headache and also to keep fever low if at all it comes due to infection. It will also help reduce the inflammation.
Use and see for not more than 5 days. If there is no improvement in that time then kindly see ophthalmologist as soon as possible as the injury could be worse than before. It will actually advisable to show the doctor right now but if you feel it’s same as before then you can wait for few days due to your insurance problem.
I hope I have answered your query well. If you have any more question kindly write back to me, will be happy to help you out.
Thank you
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Suggest Treatment For Dog Bite Bruise

Hello, Thanks for posting in HCM. Kindly do not use medications with expired date already. Use pressure pads on eyes. You can buy same new eye drops as were prescribed to you previously. Take paracetamol tablet for headache and also to keep fever low if at all it comes due to infection. It will also help reduce the inflammation. Use and see for not more than 5 days. If there is no improvement in that time then kindly see ophthalmologist as soon as possible as the injury could be worse than before. It will actually advisable to show the doctor right now but if you feel it’s same as before then you can wait for few days due to your insurance problem. I hope I have answered your query well. If you have any more question kindly write back to me, will be happy to help you out. Thank you