After a trabeculectomy, should I keep an antibiotic on hand to use in case of contamination, for instance when I get dirty water in my eye, or have contact with someone with pink eye?
Prophylactic treatment with an antibiotic does not seem to help. Further, it may predispose you to more dangerous bacteria if you kill off the ones it hits. Keep some antibiotic on hand in case you get RSVP (redness, light sensitivity, a vision change, or pain) and start to use it immediately until you can see an ophthalmologist. Conjunctivitis in an eye with a thin bleb would be another indication for antibiotic use. Dr.
