What to do if a child’s eyes hurt

Children’s eye pain may be caused by trauma, foreign body irritation, blepharitis and other reasons, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, surgical treatment and other ways of treatment, to relieve eye discomfort.
1. Ocular trauma: Children’s eyes are squeezed and hit during play, which can lead to localized congestion and edema, eye pain and other discomforts. If the child’s eye injury is small, can be sterilized bandage, if the eye trauma is serious, can be surgical treatment, suture wound.
2. Foreign body irritation: If children’s eyes enter sand, dust, smoke, mosquitoes, chili sauce, metal particles and other foreign bodies, they can stimulate the cornea’s rich sensory nerves and cause damage to the cornea and sclera, so the patients can experience eye pain, foreign body sensation and other discomforts. Patients can use saline to rinse the conjunctival sac, and if necessary, surgery can be performed to remove the foreign body and relieve discomfort.
3. Blepharitis: Blepharitis refers to suppurative inflammation of the eyelid glands, and under the stimulation of inflammation, patients may experience eyelid pain and other discomforts, and children can follow the doctor’s instructions to use tobramycin eye drops and other medications to alleviate the discomfort of the eyes.
Children with eye pain are advised to seek prompt medical attention to evaluate their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.