What should I do if my baby has a lot of eye secretions?

The weather in summer is the hottest in the year. Babies sweat a lot at this time, and it is easier for them to have eye mucus in their eyes. Many parents believe that this is caused by getting angry. In fact, congenital tear duct obstruction can also cause excessive secretions in the baby's eyes. So what should we do in this situation? This is what every parent wants to know most, so keep reading. I hope you can understand more through the following introduction.

It is usually caused by infection, and you can use chloramphenicol eye drops 3-4 times a day. If small abscesses grow on the upper and lower eyelids, you can apply erythromycin eye ointment on the eyelids 2-3 times a day. When the pus scar is mature, you can use a cotton swab to scrape it open. After squeezing out the pus, apply erythromycin eye ointment every day. It will heal on its own after a few days.

The eyes must be kept clean at all times. Towels used for newborns must be washed by scalding with boiling water.

Preparation for cleaning eye secretions in newborns:

The first step is to wash your hands with running water

The second step is to soak the sterilized cotton ball in warm water or light salt water, and squeeze out the excess water (it is best not to drip).

The third step is to apply a wet compress with a sterilized cotton ball for a while if there is a lot of secretions on the eyelashes.

Step 4: Use a wet cotton ball to gently wipe from the inside of the eye to the outside of the eye.

Precautions for cleaning newborn baby's eye secretions:

When mothers are helping their babies clean eye mucus, they should not use too much force. Just wipe it gently to avoid hurting the baby's eye skin. Cleaning tools should be sterilized gauze or cotton swabs, and they should be used only once. In addition, you should avoid wiping repeatedly around the eyes to avoid increasing the chance of bacterial infection in your baby's eyes.

According to He Xiaoguang, dacryocystitis generally manifests itself in two forms: chronic and acute, with the chronic form being the most common. Bacteria such as streptococci or mixed pneumococcal bacteria can easily cause acute dacryocystitis, while chronic conjunctivitis and chronic rhinitis can easily cause nasolacrimal duct obstruction and chronic dacryocystitis. Some children suffer from congenital tear duct obstruction, which may also lead to dacryocystitis. This is because the opening of the tear duct in the nose fails to open naturally at birth, but is blocked by a thin membrane, so tears cannot flow naturally into the nose. Congenital tear duct obstruction occurs less frequently in full-term newborns and is also known as neonatal dacryocystitis.

Therefore, when parents find that their children always have secretions in their eyes, they should not blindly assume that it is caused by heat. This is very dangerous, especially when the child has secretions in one eye but not the other. "The tear glands of newborns are not fully developed, so there are no tears when they first cry, so it is impossible to observe whether there is tear duct obstruction. Only when the tear glands gradually develop about one month after the child is born can observation be made. If the child's eyes are full of tears and feel tearful, and one eye has tears but the other eye does not, parents should take the child to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to check the causes of the child's tears and secretions, and rule out the possibility of dacryocystitis." The doctor reminded.

I hope that parents will try the above tips first when they find that their baby has excessive eye secretions. It would be best if they are effective. If there is no effect, you have to go to the hospital for formal treatment and don't delay any longer. Delaying treatment will not do any good to the child's eyes. Everyone must remember this and go to the hospital. The doctor will give reasonable treatment based on the condition.