Why do babies have yellow eye mucus and tears?

Many mothers will find a phenomenon when taking care of their babies, that is, they find that the baby's eyes are always prone to tears and have yellow eye mucus. When this happens, mothers should not ignore it, because it may be caused by internal tube blockage. Therefore, of course, attention should be paid to scientific understanding of treatment and solutions, so as to avoid these adverse phenomena and affect the baby's health.

This situation is considered to be caused by nasolacrimal duct obstruction. It is recommended that you flush your child with saline 3-4 times a day, and then massage the corners of your child's eyes. Generally, there will be improvement after the above treatment. If there is no improvement, it may be due to congenital tear duct stenosis. Pay attention to eye cleanliness. It may get better as the child grows. If this situation still exists when the child grows up, you can consider going to the hospital to flush the tear duct or perform tear duct reconstruction.

Conjunctivitis may also be a possibility. It is recommended to use acyclovir eye drops and norfloxacin eye drops alternately every 2 hours. Face washcloths must be boiled and disinfected 2-3 times a day and should be used alone to prevent recurrent infection. Do not rub your eyes frequently with your hands or wipe them with toilet paper.

The above is some analysis and introduction about babies' tears and yellow eye mucus. After these introductions, we should know how to correctly treat and solve this phenomenon. In daily life, we should also pay attention to the baby's health. No matter what problems we encounter, we should treat and solve them correctly.