There are a number of articles on the use of human milk and eye infections.
Go to Pub Med and you will see such articles as:

Antibacterial effect of *human milk* for common causes of paediatric
*conjunctivitis*. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23269679>

Baynham JT, Moorman MA, Donnellan C, Cevallos V, Keenan JD.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 Mar;97(3):377-9


Singh, M., P.S. Sugathan, and R.A. Bhujwala. Human colostrum for
prophylaxis against sticky eyes and conjunctivitis in the newborn*.* J Trop
Pediatr. *28*(1): p. 35-7. 1982.

Ibhanesebhor, S.E. and E.S. Otobo. In vitro activity of human milk against
the causative organisms of ophthalmia neonatorum in Benin City, Nigeria*.* J
Trop Pediatr.*42*(6): p. 327-9. 1996.

Verd, S. Switch from antibiotic eye drops to instillation of mother’s milk
drops as a treatment of infant epiphora*.* J Trop Pediatr. *53*(1): p.
68-9. 2007.

These studies show various outcomes.

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC

Weston, MA

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