Essentials of eye care for newborns

During postnatal visits, we often see yellow discharge from the eyes of newborns, even so sticky that the baby cannot open his eyes. How to properly care for it? 1, use a cotton swab dipped in light salt water (white boiled water cooled and warmed and sprinkled with salt) to wipe from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner of the eye. Wipe only once and then throw it away, change the next cotton swab and wipe again. The number of times is not limited, after wiping with a clean hand (adult’s pinky finger massage baby’s inner corner of the eye, to promote the tear duct gambling Sai Tong open). 2, baby towel to boil disinfection. People who touch the baby should wash their hands before touching. 3, if three consecutive days of rubbing is not good, to the hospital to open eye drops – Tobias eye drops to baby drops. If you do what I said and it still doesn’t work, go to the hospital to check your eyes to see if the tear ducts are blocked and if you need to unblock them. 4. Nursing mothers should not eat foods that are on fire, such as lamb, or spicy foods and barbecue foods. Drink more water to ensure that the urine is clear and the stools are not dry. This way there is more water inside the breast milk and the baby is less likely to catch fire. If the mother does have a dry and sore throat, she can boil pear water to drink and eat melon foods, such as cucumber, loofah and winter melon, to help clear the heat.