Babies with eye droppings may be caused by physiological factors, impaction, conjunctivitis, tear duct obstruction and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: If the baby is in a dry air environment for a long time, or drinking too little water, wearing too much clothing and other physiological factors, caused by eye droppings. Usually there is no need for special treatment, it is recommended to adjust the humidity of the indoor air, drink more warm water in moderation, increase or decrease clothing according to the temperature of the environment, and avoid overdressing, which is conducive to relief.
2. Inverted eyelashes: If the baby has eye droppings caused by inverted eyelashes, drugs such as sodium vitrate eye drops and polyethylene glycol eye drops can be applied to alleviate the problem. If necessary, surgery can be done to correct the inverted eyelashes.
3. Conjunctivitis: If the baby has eye droppings due to conjunctivitis, antibiotic eye medicines such as ofloxacin eye drops and tobramycin eye drops can be applied if it is caused by bacterial infection. If it is caused by viral infection, you need to apply ganciclovir eye drops, acyclovir eye drops and other antiviral eye medicines.
4. Tear duct obstruction: If the baby has eye boogers caused by tear duct obstruction. Usually need to carry out tear duct irrigation, tear duct probing surgery, etc., and follow the doctor’s instructions with the application of oxyfloxacin eye ointment, erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and other antibacterial drugs.
Babies with eye droppings, after excluding physiological factors, should seek medical treatment as soon as possible, after clarifying the cause, to give targeted treatment. Drugs must be used under the guidance of a doctor, do not use drugs without authorization.