http://www.tagnet.org/abstracts/v6n3.htm
from: Science / Health Abstracts:
STICKY EYES/CONJUNCTIVITIS/COLOSTRUM
Breast milk, particularly colostrum (the first milk secreted after
delivery) is known to be rich in antiviral substances. A study carried out
in India demonstrates that it may be effective in preventing or treating
sticky eyes and /or conjunctivitis in newborns. All infants born in the
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in November and December
of 1977 were placed in either a study group or a control group. In the
study group mothers were instructed to instill a drop of colostrum into
each eye of their infant three times a day for three days. Three infants in
the study group developed either conjunctivitis or sticky eyes, while 25 in
the control group did. (Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 28(1)35-37,
February, 1982)

The Children's Hospital of Boston site, at:
http://web1.tch.harvard.edu/cfapps/A2ZtopicIndex.cfm
says:
Conjunctivitis (Newborn/Childhood)
What is conjunctivitis?
Conjunctivitis, also known as "pink eye," is an inflammation of the
conjunctiva of the eye. The conjunctiva is the membrane that lines the
inside of the eye and also a thin membrane that covers the actual eye.
What causes conjunctivitis?
There are many different causes of conjunctivitis. The following are the
most common causes:
Bacteria, including: Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenza,
Streptococcus pneumoniae,
Neisseria gonorrhea, & Chlamydia trachomatis
Viruses, including: adenoviruses, herpes virus

From there, go to Latrobe University's Microbiology Dept at
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/microbiology/milk.html
You will see "Human milk - Tables of the antimicrobila factors and
microbiological contaminants relevant to human milk banking (with continued
updating). Follow Assoc. Prof. John T. May's links to Table 1:
Antibacterial factors found in human milk, and Table 2: Antiviral factors
found in human milk. You will find all of the bacterial and viral causes
listed by Children's Hosp of Boston listed in these tables.

True, they say the milk is shown to be effective 'in vitro' and some things
'in vivo' but that is the conservative view, absent all the random,
controlled, double-blind, 6,000 sample, repeat-after-me studies required by
so many before they believe it and allow it to be put into practice.

Suggest to the doctor that this idea is for treating the baby's pink eye is
with his own mom's living milk, straight from the source; what baby has
already been consuming internally since birth.

Hope this helps.

--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC
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