What should I do if my baby's eyes are tearing and have eye mucus?

Babies are the apple of their parents' eyes. If a baby becomes ill, parents will certainly be very worried and don't know how to deal with it. In fact, parents should take good care of their babies in daily life. Once the baby becomes ill, they should seek treatment in time to avoid the disease from worsening and making treatment more difficult. Tearing eyes and eye mucus are common symptoms in babies. It is generally believed that tears and eye mucus are caused by getting angry. Below we will introduce how to deal with tears and eye mucus in babies.

Most babies have internal heat. It is recommended to give them more water and add more vegetables and fruits. It is best to use a humidifier or place several basins of water in the house to increase the humidity in the house. You can use Tobrex. If there is no improvement, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up.

Neonatal dacryocystitis, that is, nasolacrimal duct obstruction, 95% of nasolacrimal duct obstruction will disappear within 6 months, and a few will disappear later. Therefore, there is no need to see an ophthalmologist if tearing occurs within 6 months. However, nasolacrimal duct obstruction can induce acute dacryocystitis, making the conjunctival sac secretions non-bacterial mucous secretions at the beginning. If there is a bacterial infection, there may be a large amount of purulent secretions. Therefore, early treatment is required.

In the early stage of nasolacrimal duct obstruction, local compression massage of the lacrimal sac is used, and parents can perform massage treatment at home. The method is: press your fingers toward the nasal cavity to force the lacrimal sac secretions to flush open the closed membrane. After pressing, apply antibiotic eye drops locally to the eyes to prevent infection. Each time, squeeze out the contents of the lacrimal sac before applying eye drops, 2-3 times a day. If continuous massage for 2 weeks is ineffective, you can go to the hospital for pressurized flushing of the tear duct to break the membrane tissue. If it is still ineffective, you can use an effective surgery to cure the disease - tear duct probing. This method is 95% effective for children aged 6-13 months, but the efficacy drops to 75% after 13 months. Therefore, nasolacrimal duct obstruction should be treated early.

In the above article, we introduced a symptom that babies are prone to, that is, tears and eye mucus. We recommend that parents must pay attention to this symptom. The main reason for babies' tears and eye mucus is getting angry. The above article gives us a detailed introduction to how to deal with babies' tears and eye mucus.