Most children are born with this thin film intact, and after 3 to 4 weeks, they will rupture on their own, the tear ducts will be unobstructed, and the phenomenon of tears will improve. However, a small number of children have thicker closed membranes or obstruct the tear duct due to congenital narrowing of the nasolacrimal duct or septum deformity, and the tears will remain in the tear sac. Mothers should observe more, and once there is a problem, seek medical treatment in time, do not deal with it themselves.
Two symptoms of stenosis of the tear duct in newborns
1. Always tears for unknown reasons, or erosion and redness of the skin at the corners of the eyes or around the eyes. It is more common in babies after 2 months, and if the baby in this month often has tears, you should be more careful.
2, when the baby's eyes have secretions, it is usually thought that it is on fire, in fact, it is not, the baby's eyes always have a large amount of secretions may be narrow tear ducts. The large amount of tear fluid stored in the tear sac causes bacteria to multiply and lead to infection, which can also be called fetal tear bursitis.
Although, neonatal congenital lacrimal stenosis can often resolve spontaneously within the first 6 months of life. However, in order to shorten the course of the disease, it is also possible to massage in the lacrimal sac area, and gently push up and down with your fingers in this area, which can effectively promote the development of the tear duct and alleviate the symptoms.
It is recommended that if you are still in infancy, you can give your child a tear duct massage, 4 to 5 times a day for 5 to 10 minutes, if the child does not have secretions in the eyes, eye drops can generally not be used. If accompanied by congestion, secretions, etc., tobramycin eye drops can be used. If after a period of time, the tear duct is still not open, you can go to the hospital for tear duct irrigation and break the film. If it is not possible, tear duct probing can be used, and the membrane can be punctured with a probe to make the tear duct unobstructed.
In addition, there are very few children who have a tear duct blockage due to narrowing of the bone or a deformity in the nose, so other methods should be considered to make the tear duct unblocked. If the baby is not given a tear duct in time, it may cause inflammation of the tissues around the tear sac or form a tear sac fistula, which will affect the child's appearance. Therefore, once the child's tear duct is found to be blocked, he should go to the hospital for medical treatment as soon as possible to avoid misdiagnosis, mistreatment, and aggravation of the disease.