Newborns with yellow pus-like eye droppings are considered to be caused by improper cleaning, conjunctivitis and dacryocystitis.
1. Improper cleaning: because newborns are young, the eyes will secrete a little secretion after falling asleep, if not cleaned in time, the secretion will accumulate in the local area, causing the symptom of yellow pus-like eye droppings.
2. Conjunctivitis: Because newborns are young, when they don’t pay attention to absorbing the cleanliness of the eye area, they are easily infected by external microorganisms, especially in the case of bacterial infections, which will cause congestion of the conjunctiva, accompanied by yellowish pus-like secretions.
3. Dacryocystitis: this also belongs to the ophthalmology of the more common diseases, newborns may be due to the blockage of the tear ducts, coupled with the age of the young, low immunity, it is easy to be infected by microorganisms, resulting in the appearance of dacryocystitis symptoms, manifested as yellow pus-like eye droppings.
In addition, the newborn’s eyes have yellow pus-like eye droppings, there are likely to be other reasons, if necessary, to go with the doctor to improve the examination, to determine the cause and then do the treatment, do not blindly use drugs.