A few days after Ms. Zhou's baby was born, there was a lot of eye droppings in the corners of her eyes, and it was yellow and sticky.
She didn't care too much at that time, because the elderly in the family said that the baby was drinking milk powder on fire, thinking that her milk was not much, the baby was mixed feeding, Ms. Zhou felt that there was a little reason, so she just used a wet towel to help the baby clean the corners of the eyes every time.
However, after a month, the condition of the baby's eyes has not improved, but has become more and more intense.
At this time, Ms. Zhou could not calm down, dragged her body that had not yet fully recovered, and took the baby to the hospital.
After the examination, the doctor told him that the baby was congenital tear duct obstruction, that is, neonatal tear cystitis, and found that it could be treated early, so Ms. Zhou's baby quickly returned to normal.
Why is baby eye droppings yellow and sticky?
1. Congenital tear duct obstruction
Presents with increased ocular discharge from one eye, usually without conjunctival hyperemia. Early anti-inflammatory therapy is required, and tobramycin eye drops are ordered 3-4 times. In addition, it is necessary to cooperate with the massage of the tear sac area to promote the development of the nasolacrimal duct, and with age, this situation may gradually return to normal. If the child is still not getting better by about half a year old, consider surgery.
Like the children in Ms. Zhou's family, there are not many children who suffer from congenital tear duct obstruction.
If the baby's eyes always look watery, there will be tears when he is not crying, and there is a lot of eye droppings on the eyes, which may be congenital tear duct obstruction.
Of course, some babies will behave very obviously, while the eyes are normal, but always tears and eyes, then it should be more attention to parents.
Congenital lacrimal obstruction is generally treated with a combination of:
1. Local massage
2. Tear duct flushing method
3. Tear duct exploration and flushing method
4. Tear duct catheterization.
If the baby can find bad symptoms in about a month, then the treatment will be relatively easy, through local massage, it is possible that the baby's eyes have been improved.
Of course, if the effect is not obvious, it is still necessary to take other treatment methods and try to cure it as soon as possible.
2. Bacterial infection
If the baby's eyes have obvious redness and swelling in the case of poop, yellow and viscous, it is similar to the feeling of congestion and blood in the eyes of adults, then it means that their eyes have a bacterial infection.
Such a situation is actually more serious, and it may affect the baby's vision. Therefore, at this time, parents must not hesitate, and the first time to take the baby to seek medical treatment is the most correct choice.
What should parents pay attention to when helping their babies clean up their eyes?
1, the action should be as gentle as possible
The part of our eyes is originally very sensitive, especially the baby, the skin is very delicate, so parents must pay special attention when wiping and cleaning the eye area of the baby, the action is as gentle as possible, do not push too hard, otherwise it may hurt the baby.
2. Pay attention to personal hygiene when cleaning
When parents help the baby clean up the eye feces, be sure to wash their hands with soap, and then find a clean gauze, dip a little warm water and gently wipe it on the baby's eyes so that they can bring away the eye droppings and other secretions.
It should be noted that you must not directly use your hands to help the baby cut off the eye feces for convenience, and you cannot touch the baby's eye part without washing your hands, which is also a protection for the health of the baby's eyes.
3. Give your baby eye drops
Sometimes the baby's eye droppings are more serious, so you need to use the effect of eye drops to clear their eye droppings, and let the baby lie comfortably on the bed when giving the baby eye drops.
Attract them with some toys so that you can smoothly help them with eye drops.
4, clean up the baby's eye feces as soon as possible
Some parents are more careful, and will take gauze to wipe around the corner of the baby's eyes, hoping not to leave a trace.
This practice is actually not advisable, because the parents' hands stay next to the baby's eyes for one more minute, and the baby's eyes will be at risk of infection with bacteria, so helping the baby clean up the eye feces as soon as possible can effectively avoid bacterial infection.
The eyes are the windows of the soul and play a vital role for everyone, so parents must be cautious about the baby's eyes, only more attention can make the baby's eyes healthier and brighter.
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