What to do if your child's eyes are tearing

Tearing eyes is a common problem for adults, and it is more likely to occur in the spring. If you have tears, you should improve them in time to avoid other eye diseases that may affect your vision. But what should you do if your child has tears? Many people don't know this. When this happens, parents also have some ways to improve it, which are introduced in detail below.

What to do if your child's eyes are tearing up:

Ophthalmologists believe that if conservative treatment is ineffective, tear duct probing is ineffective, and older children should choose tear duct intubation surgery as soon as possible, because long-term tear duct obstruction and inflammatory stimulation can cause serious complications in children; they should go to a regular ophthalmology hospital as soon as possible to avoid misdiagnosis and treatment, which will worsen the condition. Parents say that their children have tears, a lot of eye mucus, crusts on the eyelids, pus reflux when pressing the lacrimal sac area, or reflux of lacrimal duct irrigation fluid. Your child should be in the early stage of neonatal dacryocystitis.

1. Press the lacrimal sac backward and downward, the residual membrane of the lacrimal duct may be broken, 3-5 times a day;

2. Pressurized flushing of the tear duct, the number of flushing times and intervals are determined according to the child's condition;

3. Apply antibiotic eye drops four times a day for 2-3 weeks.

Massage method for the lacrimal sac area: Parents should perform moderate massage on the lacrimal sac area from top to bottom on the side of the nose bridge of the child's affected eye (medically known as the inner side). When massaging, do not slide or rub your fingers on the skin. Instead, use your thumb close to the skin to apply force to the lacrimal sac area under the skin to slide and massage it from top to bottom. This kind of massage can be performed 4-6 times a day. At the same time, antibiotic eye drops (such as Tobrex, Telibitol eye drops, etc.) should be used 3-4 times a day, 1-2 drops each time. Use a cotton swab to wipe away the tears before applying the medicine.

If the effect is not good, the tear duct probing must be performed. However, there are avoidances in tear duct probing, and repeated probing can easily cause false channels in children. If massage does not work, you can go to the hospital and let an ophthalmologist perform tear duct flushing and tear duct probing for your child. However, there are avoidances in tear duct probing, and repeated probing can easily cause false channels. In this case, tear duct intubation surgery should be performed as soon as possible, otherwise it may cause inflammation of the tissues around the lacrimal sac, or form a lacrimal sac fistula, which is a fistula that is extremely difficult to completely cure and will also affect the appearance. The tear duct probing surgery uses the most advanced tear duct intubation system in the world. The interference to the child's tear duct is only equivalent to an ordinary tear duct probing treatment, and will not cause any harm to the child's tear duct.

After understanding what to do when a child's eyes are tearing up, you can follow the above methods to relieve the child's tears. If the child's eyes are tearing up severely, treatment will take some time. Therefore, during this period, parents should pay attention to some conditions of the baby, and if there are any abnormal manifestations, they should be sent to the hospital for examination immediately.