Yellow discharge in the eyes of infants may be caused by eye diseases, mainly considered as infantile dacryocystitis, conjunctivitis, congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction of three, but also may be physiological factors.
1. Infantile dacryocystitis: some infants may have yellow discharge from the eyes because the embryonic residual membrane at the lower end of the nasolacrimal duct is not degraded, causing obstruction of the lower end of the nasolacrimal duct, which leads to yellow discharge from the eyes, and slightly older infants tend to have yellow purulent secretions coming out of the lacrimal sac area when squeezing the lacrimal sac area, which leads to secondary infection of the lacrimal sac and the formation of dacryocystitis.
2. Conjunctivitis: mainly a disease caused by bacterial or viral infection of the conjunctiva of the eye, after the emergence of conjunctivitis will irritate the patient’s eyes and thus lead to the appearance of viscous fluid in the eyes, if it is not treated in time, it will form a yellow hard lump secretion.
3. Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction: nasolacrimal duct obstruction is likely to cause the end of the infant’s nasolacrimal duct membrane is not broken, then the secretion can not flow out, thus appearing yellow secretion accumulation.
4. Physiological factors: normal babies will have a little yellow secretion in their eyes, the amount is small, wipe away.
There may be other reasons for the yellow discharge in the eyes of infants, and it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment.