The child wakes up with a lot of eye mucus

Young parents will find that their baby has a lot of eye mucus stuck on his eyes after sleeping. Sometimes it may be so serious that it is difficult for the baby to open his eyes. Most of the reasons for too much eye mucus include conjunctivitis and excessive secretions around the eyes. Recently, the child has eaten too dry food and has symptoms of getting angry. He has not replenished water in time. These are all reasons that lead to excessive eye mucus.

The reason why babies have a lot of eye mucus

Suspected cause 1: conjunctival inflammation

After the baby is born, many parents are afraid that the child will catch a cold, so the room temperature at home is often high, and bacteria are easy to multiply. In addition, the newborn will unconsciously rub his eyes with his hands, which can easily lead to symptoms of conjunctivitis such as increased eye secretions and conjunctival congestion. If it is a serious bacterial infection, or a cold and fever occurs, symptoms such as increased secretions, increased tears, and congestion of the eyes will be more obvious, and may also cause redness and swelling of the eyelid skin.

How to deal with it

★Topical antibiotic eye drops and eye ointments can improve symptoms, and conjunctival irrigation can help subside inflammation.

Before applying eye drops, the child's eyes should be cleared of secretions. If the baby also has symptoms such as dry stool, yellow urine, thick and greasy tongue coating, etc., Chinese medicine that clears heat and fire, and helps digestion and relieves stagnation can be used for treatment.

★Give your baby plenty of water, and pay attention to the effects of the milk powder on the baby's digestive function.

Tips

For breastfed infants, their mother's diet has a greater impact on their health. Breastfeeding mothers should maintain a balanced nutrition and avoid eating too spicy and greasy foods.

★ Clean your baby's hands and trim the nails of adults and babies regularly to reduce the chance of bacterial infection of the eyes.

Neonatal dacryocystitis is caused by blockage of the tear duct and nasolacrimal duct that excrete tears. Because the embryonic residual membrane at the lower end of the nasolacrimal duct has not degenerated, it blocks the lower end of the nasolacrimal duct, and tears and bacteria accumulate in the lacrimal sac under the skin at the inner corner of the eye, causing secondary infection. About 2% to 4% of full-term newborns have this residual membrane, most of which will shrink on their own within 4 to 6 weeks.

Symptoms

The baby's tears increase day by day, the tear river formed by tears on the lower eyelid margin widens, and a small lump appears on the skin at the inner corner of the eye. After squeezing out the liquid, the lump may disappear temporarily. If secondary bacterial infection occurs, yellow-white secretions will often appear at the corners of the eyes, and yellow-white purulent secretions may overflow from the squeezed bulges.

How to deal with it

★Massage the lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct from the root of the nose to the tip of the nose to increase the pressure inside the duct and promote the rupture of the residual membrane. When bacterial infection occurs, anti-infection treatment is given.