Causes and care of blue eyes in babies

Many newborn babies are relatively fragile. At this time, the child’s body has no resistance and is always prone to certain phenomena. This makes parents particularly worried. Some parents will carefully find that the baby’s eyes are blue. The following article will introduce in detail what causes this?

Blue eyeballs in babies

The "blue eyes" mentioned here refer to the sclera of the eyes (also known as the "white of the eyes" in common parlance) to light blue under normal natural light.

In fact, this bluish sclera is an early sign of iron deficiency anemia.

Why does iron deficiency anemia cause children's sclera to turn blue? This has to do with human physiology.

Because the human sclera is composed of collagen tissue, and iron in the body is an important auxiliary factor in the synthesis of collagen.

If the baby's body is iron deficient, the synthesis of limbal proteins will be insufficient, the sclera will become thinner, and it will not be able to effectively cover the brown-black choroid inside the eyeball, so it will appear light blue in the sun.

Studies have shown that the sclera of children's eyes should be grayish white. If it is blue, it can be considered as anemia.

The pale skin and mucous membranes that children with anemia should have often appear later than the blue sclera.

Because the pale skin and mucous membranes that children with anemia should have often appear later than the bluish sclera.

Therefore, early and correct treatment of "blue eyes" is the key to preventing and treating iron deficiency anemia in children.

Life care

The most important thing for "blue-eyed" children is to correct their iron deficiency anemia.

Parents can give their children some iron supplements under the guidance of a doctor, such as ferrous sulfate syrup, etc. Parents can also regulate their children's bodies through diet and give them some iron-containing foods.

Generally speaking, positive psychological induction is also very important. The food that can be given to children should be wide-ranging, which can reduce the chance of malnutrition in children and correct children's partial and picky eating habits in time.

Foods rich in iron, such as lean meat, eggs, animal blood, seafood, soy products, milk, green leafy vegetables, etc., should be common on their table meals.

In the article, we learned that babies have blue eyes. In fact, this phenomenon is normal. Because many babies have different eye development, their eyes will appear light blue or pale blue. Don’t worry too much. If you are seriously worried, you still need to get checked to know the answer.