What should I do if my baby's lower eyelid is swollen?

The baby's skin is extremely tender and fair, so when any abnormal condition occurs on the baby's skin, parents can observe it at the first time. Since the eyelids are the weakest area of ​​human skin, babies' eyelids are even more fragile. Parents sometimes find that their baby’s lower eyelids are inexplicably red and swollen, which makes them feel very worried. What effective methods should be used to solve the problem of sudden redness and swelling of the baby's lower eyelid?

What to do if your four and a half month old baby has red and swollen lower eyelids

In addition to symptomatic medication for children's red and swollen eyelids, they should also pay attention to eye hygiene and wipe them with a clean, warm towel. In addition, towels should be disinfected frequently by washing them in hot water and then drying them in the sun.

There are many specific reasons for the redness and swelling of the baby's eyelids, such as stye, conjunctivitis, keratitis, inflammation, trauma, etc. Different causes require different treatment methods, so you must go to a regular medical institution for examination and then use symptomatic medication for treatment.

If the redness and swelling is caused by a stye, there will be obvious red and swollen bumps on the eyelids, and the baby will also feel pain. If there are no bumps but only redness, it may be keratitis, which can be treated with anti-inflammatory and bactericidal eye drops, and it can be completely cured in three to five days.

What is the reason for the baby's lower eyelid redness and swelling

Swollen eyes are related to sleep, drinking water and sleeping posture. It is recommended not to drink too much water before going to bed. Generally speaking, there are many reasons for red and swollen eyes, such as improper use of cosmetics, skin diseases, heart and kidney dysfunction, and angioedema.

There is pain around the eye or slight pain when the eye moves, narrowing of the visual field or even partial loss of visual field, red and green fields are affected, hemianopsia or scotoma occurs. Often one eye is affected and the vision of the other eye decreases sharply, or even complete blindness in a short period of time. There are often headaches and intraorbital pain. Intraorbital pain that worsens with eye movement or pressure may be a sign of optic neuritis.

The patient feels itchy and burning eyes and the skin at the eyelid margin becomes red. This is mostly due to blepharitis, also known as "sore eye margins" or "red eye margins".

When waking up in the morning, the upper and lower eyelids are often stuck with a large amount of sticky or purulent secretions. There is a foreign body sensation or burning sensation in the eyes, and slight tearing or pain. Most of them are acute infectious conjunctivitis, commonly known as "pink eye" or "fulminant red eye".

The eyes have obvious irritation symptoms, such as fear of light, tearing, pain, decreased vision, and grayish white or yellowish white ulcers on the surface of the cornea, which are mostly keratitis.

When the baby's eyes become red and swollen, symptoms such as pain, itching, and tearing may occur. In these cases, even if the child does not cry or make a fuss, parents and friends need to pay attention. If eye diseases are not treated in time, they will pose a huge threat to your health. Faced with the various eye drops on the market, parents must not use them on their babies casually for the sake of convenience.