What should I do if my child has thick yellow mucus in his eyes?

Children's physical changes have always been a difficult problem that parents have been unable to overcome. They always don't know how to take care of their children. When parents find that their children's eyes always have eye mucus, they should consider whether they have recently become inflamed. Eye mucus also includes vigorous endocrine activity, which leads to excessive secretions. These are common phenomena and there is no need to worry as long as they are not a disease.

What should I do if my child has thick yellow mucus in his eyes?

Next, let’s talk about issues related to eye boogers.

Eye mucus, the medical term is eye secretions. It is normal for people to have eye discharge.

So, what kind of eye secretions are normal and what kind are pathological?

Normal eye secretions mainly come from the lacrimal glands, meibomian glands, mucus secreted by ocular surface cells and desquamated ocular surface epithelial cells. They are generally transparent or white. Because the amount of secretions is small and can be discharged from the tear ducts in time, they are usually not easy to detect and will not cause discomfort to the eyes.

When certain eye diseases occur, eye secretions will increase or change in color and viscosity.

If the baby's eye secretions are large amounts of yellow, sticky substances, they are generally considered to be purulent secretions, which often indicate that they are caused by bacterial infection. It is recommended that parents take the baby to the ophthalmology department of the hospital in time for further examination and treatment with eye drops. This kind of purulent secretion is not caused by "getting angry". Do not blindly give your baby "anti-fire medicine" to treat it. Not only will it not work for the eyes, it may also cause diarrhea in your baby!