What’s wrong with babies waking up with eye boogers?

Babies wake up with eye droppings may be caused by impingement, conjunctivitis, tear duct obstruction and other reasons. 1. Inverted eyelashes: the eyelashes of babies with inverted eyelashes grow in the direction of the eyeballs, which may irritate the corneal epithelium of the eyeballs, leading to a foreign body sensation, increased secretion, tearing, etc., and the baby will show symptoms of excessive eye droppings. 2. Conjunctivitis: As the baby’s body resistance is weak, it is easy to cause conjunctivitis due to bacterial infection. At this time, the baby may appear tearing, photophobia, eye discharge increased phenomenon. 3. Lacrimal duct obstruction: Lacrimal duct obstruction is caused by various factors such as inflammation, trauma, nasal lesions and so on. It may trigger eye infections, which can lead to increased eye secretions, manifested as waking up with eye droppings. Babies get up with eye droppings may also be caused by other reasons, parents should take the child to the doctor in time, in the doctor’s diagnosis and guidance for related treatment, so as not to delay the condition.