Why is the child's eyeball yellow?

With the progress of society and the development of the times, people's living standards have improved. Almost every household has several electronic products. Children are curious and fascinated by these products and often become addicted to them and cannot extricate themselves. Therefore, many children have eye diseases, myopia being the most common. So, what’s going on with children’s yellow eyes? Let’s talk about this issue in detail.

There are several possibilities:

1. Neonatal dacryocystitis

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.

2. 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.

3. Corneal ulcer

Corneal ulcers can also cause babies to have a lot of eye mucus, and their consequences may be the most serious. Corneal ulcers are mostly caused by accidental collision or when the baby unconsciously rubs his eyes with his hands, foreign objects, fingers or nails damage the corresponding part of the cornea, thereby becoming infected by bacteria. Babies who live in an unclean environment and have poor resistance are susceptible to this disease. Because of the pain, children often cry, are afraid of light and shed tears, are unwilling to open their eyes, have red eyeballs, and have secretions. Most parents cannot find the lesions, and even if they find small white spots on the black pupils of their children, they rarely realize the seriousness of the matter.

After reading the above content, I believe everyone has some understanding of why children’s eyes turn yellow. Eyes play a very important role for a person. If we ignore them, our lives will be greatly changed. Therefore, parents should supervise their children and not stare at electronic products such as televisions, computers, and mobile phones for long periods of time. Finally, I hope all children are healthy and grow up happily!