What should I do if my baby has conjunctivitis?

If you want scientific treatment and solution for your baby's conjunctivitis, you should first find out the cause so that you can cut off the allergens and treat the symptoms. At the same time, you can apply cold compresses to the eyes or use eye drops for treatment.

1. Find out the cause and cut off the allergen. First, take your baby to the hospital. During the diagnosis and treatment process, carefully find out the cause. Once you know the cause of your baby's eye disease, you should immediately avoid contact and stop the stimulation of allergens.

2. Prepare special towels . Towels and handkerchiefs used by babies should be kept separate and boiled in boiling water for 5 to 10 minutes after each use.

3. Apply cold compress to eyes. Use a cool towel or cold water bag to apply cold compress to your baby's eyes, and avoid hot compress, because hot compress will increase the local temperature and dilate blood vessels, resulting in increased secretions and worsening symptoms.

4. Use eye drops. When putting eye drops in your baby's eye, you must first comfort the baby and let the baby lie on his back with his face upwards, so that the eye drops can stay in the conjunctiva for a while. In addition, the gaps in the conjunctiva are very small, making it difficult for eye drops to stay. Plus, the eyelids keep blinking, so the eye drops can only stay for a short time. So be sure to apply eye drops frequently as instructed by your doctor, and do not reduce the frequency without authorization, so that the eye drops can work effectively. The same applies to applying ointment. In order to avoid affecting the baby's vision, eye ointment is usually applied before going to bed.