Every month, FuYanjun receives several such questions: "The baby has always had eye droppings, what should I do?" Children who have just had a full moon have a lot of eye feces, how to get rid of the fire?"
Today here is a unified key reply: the baby has a lot of eye feces, perhaps it has nothing to do with the so-called "fire"! So the question is, why is the baby's clear eyes always mixed with discordant "foreign bodies"?
◆ Common causes of a lot of eye feces in babies
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1. Eyelash irritation
When the baby is 2 to 3 months old, the eyelashes will grow inside the eyes, resulting in frictional stimulation and secreting more eye droppings.
2. Nasolacrimal duct is short
Your baby's nasolacrimal duct has not yet grown to a sufficiently metabolic length, causing tears remaining in the eyes to prevent secretions from metabolizing normally.
3. Inward rolled eyelids
Some babies have upper eyelids that extend into the corners of the eyes and come into direct contact with tissues; Coupled with eyelash irritation, there are more tears and eye droppings than the average baby.
PS. These conditions generally improve with the growth and development of the child around the age of 1 year, if not, parents should consider active treatment.
◆ The cause of the disease causing the eye droppings to burst
1. Bacterial infection
Babies often rub their eyes or use an unclean towel, and the eyes are prone to bacterial infections, such as conjunctivitis, and secretions will suddenly increase.
Symptoms: In addition to increased eye droppings, your baby's eyes will be red and your eyelids will be swollen, because itching always rubs your eyes.
2. Corneal damage
Infections may occur when your baby's cornea is accidentally scratched by his own nails or when his mother cleans them. It can also lead to a sharp increase in the amount of eye droppings.
Symptoms: Similar to a bacterial infection, it requires a doctor to confirm the diagnosis. Dragging on for a long time can even affect your baby's vision level.
3. Tear bursitis
Infections caused by blocked nasolacrimal ducts in babies are generally congenital. Manifests as far more secretions in one eye than in the other.
Symptoms: Always shed tears, a lot of secretions, a lump in the corner of the eye, and there will be yellow-white secretions when pressed.
◆ How to clean up the baby's eye feces correctly?
1. Prepare a clean towel, warm water, and a parent who washes his hands;
2. Soak the towel in warm water and wring it out, fold it in half twice, and use your fingers to divide a layer of towel corners from the inside out to scrub the corners of the baby's eyes;
3. After each scrub, fold up the corner of the towel that you just used, change to a new layer and wipe it again. 4 layers rubbed down just right;
4. If the secretion is too dry, you can apply a towel for a few seconds and then wipe it.
◆Precautions
1. Don't mess with the fire! Don't mess with the fire! Don't mess with the fire! Say important things three times
2. When the secretion appears abnormal color, accompanied by other fever and redness and other symptoms, it is necessary to prevent the baby from rubbing his eyes again and go to the hospital as soon as possible
3. Even if the baby's eye feces is mostly caused by diseases, do not give the child eye ointment, eye drops, especially antibiotics, as soon as possible to bring it to a professional doctor