How to deal with foreign matter in baby's eyes

Eyes are the windows to the soul. For every newborn baby, protecting the child’s eyes is the most important thing. Many careful parents will find that there are foreign objects in the baby’s eyes, which inevitably makes parents overly worried. In the following article, let’s find out what to do if there is foreign object in the baby’s eyes?

In daily life, parents' love for their babies can be said to be everywhere, but most of the mother's energy is focused on feeding and caring for the baby, and eye problems are neglected. Below are 10 eye protection suggestions summarized by 39 Parenting.

1. Massage the nasolacrimal duct

In the first few weeks or even months after your baby is born, you may notice a yellow, sticky discharge in the corners of his eyes. This discharge is usually caused by a blocked tear duct. Parents can follow the following tips to help their baby clean blocked tear ducts. The tear duct is located at the corner of the eye on the side of the nose, below the small ridge. Gently massage the tear duct upward (towards the nose) about 6 times.

2. Avoid the harm of TV

Many medical experts recommend that infants under 2 years old should not watch TV, and babies between 2 and 5 years old should not watch TV for more than half an hour. But in real life, few parents can control the time their babies watch TV, which results in more and more babies suffering from myopia, strabismus and amblyopia, and the age of those suffering from the disease is getting younger and younger. Therefore, parents play a vital role in the development of infants' and young children's vision. Never leave your baby in front of the TV for the sake of convenience, as this will cause great damage to your baby's vision.

3. Avoid eye injuries

Babies are active and curious, and children under 2 years old cannot walk steadily, so parents should pay special attention to items and decorations in the home to prevent damage to the baby's eyes. It is best to pad some angular objects, and all sharp daily necessities, such as toothpicks, pencils, scissors, forks, chopsticks, etc., should be carefully put away.

4. Avoid erosion

Various detergents, pesticides, perfumes and other items in the home should be placed carefully. Once you find that your baby's eyes are damaged by chemicals, rinse them immediately with plenty of clean water, and let the baby move his eyeballs while rinsing for 15 minutes. After rinsing, send the baby to the hospital for treatment. Flushing the eyes with clean water can shorten the time that chemicals stay in the eyes and reduce their concentration, thereby minimizing their erosion to the eyes. This is the key to treatment. Therefore, when parents encounter such emergencies, they must remain calm and never send their children to the hospital without flushing, as this may delay treatment and cause lifelong regrets.

When flushing the eyes, gently pull down the baby's lower eyelid, encourage the baby to open his eyes as wide as possible, and gently flush the eyes with warm water. Tilt your baby's head sideways with the irritated eye facing downward, and place a clean towel under the eye so that the water can flow directly onto the towel. If your baby closes his eyes tightly, you can use your fingertips to pull his lower eyelid down, or place your index finger under his upper eyelid eyebrow and another finger on the lower eyelid, then gently spread the eyelids apart.

From the above article, we learned that there are foreign objects in the baby's eyes. In fact, such a phenomenon still needs to be confirmed by taking the child to the hospital for examination in time. In normal times, we should pay attention to the child's eye care and eye hygiene.