Baby’s little hand always rubbing the eyes, is it eye discomfort? What exactly is the cause? There are six common reasons for this: a. Inverted eyelashes Some children due to baby fat, chubby little face is particularly prone to lower lid inversion, eyelashes attached to the surface of the black eye (cornea), as the child grows up, the eyelashes will become increasingly hard, when blinking, eyelashes will frequently rub to the cornea, causing the child to feel a sense of foreign body, stimulate discomfort, appear to rub the eyes to relieve these discomfort, serious children will also appear eye red In severe cases, children may experience redness and tearing. How do I treat my child’s ingrown eyelashes? 1. If the child is within 1 year of age, the child’s hair is very soft during this period, so if there are no obvious symptoms of irritation, you can observe without treatment. However, since children have delicate skin, long-term taping may lead to skin allergies. 4. For children over 1 year old, if the symptoms of irritation caused by inverted eyelashes are severe and slit lamp examination reveals epithelial scratches on the cornea below, surgery needs to be considered to correct this condition of inverted eyelashes. Allergic conjunctivitis The most common symptom of allergic conjunctivitis is itchy eyes. Almost all babies with allergic conjunctivitis can have itchy eyes, and this discomfort can lead to eye rubbing and squeezing of the baby’s eyes. There are many different types of allergic conjunctivitis, with springtime catarrhal conjunctivitis being the most obvious. In addition to severe eye itching, it can be combined with other symptoms such as tearing, burning sensation, photophobia and increased mucus discharge, nasal discomfort, skin irritation and other systemic symptoms. How can babies with allergic conjunctivitis be treated? 1. Eliminate the causes of allergy: Both seasonal and perennial allergens can trigger an allergic immune response. Seasonal allergens include: tree pollen, grasses, weed pollen and outdoor fungi. Perennial allergens include dust mites, indoor fungi and animal dander (mostly cats and dogs), etc.; 2. Local use of cold compresses; 3. Local use of anti-allergy medications, such as 1% Olopatadine eye solution and 0.05% Imodium eye solution; for some children with more severe symptoms, topical use of 1% Flomylone eye solution can quickly relieve the symptoms of itchy eyes. Third, congenital tear duct obstruction baby after birth, if the eyes appear teary, increased secretions, then it may be tear duct obstruction, tear drainage is not smooth, often leading to infection, resulting in increased eye secretions, eye teary appearance, the baby feel uncomfortable, leading to rubbing eyes. How to treat a child with congenital tear duct obstruction? 1, local medication: local use of antibiotic eye solution, such as tobramycin eye solution, to reduce the problem of increased eye discharge; 2, local massage: in the tear sac to the location of the nasolacrimal duct, massage from top to bottom; 3, tear duct flushing: children with more secretions, you can go to the hospital for tear duct flushing, which helps to clean the tear sac, and the pressure formed by the flushing, which helps to break the membrane at the obstruction; 4, tear duct Surgery: Most children with tear duct obstruction will slowly have their tear ducts clear between 6 months and 12 months. For children who are still obstructed, tear duct exploration surgery or tear duct insertion surgery can be considered to improve tear flow. Conjunctivitis is also an important cause of eye rubbing in children. Discharge from the eye, adhesion of the eyelashes together, and eye discomfort can lead to eye rubbing. How is conjunctivitis treated? 1. Local cleaning: Use clean wet tissue or moist gauze to remove the child’s eye discharge; 2. Avoid the spread of infection. The skin of infants is very thin, especially the skin of the eyes, which is prone to allergies leading to redness, roughness, and mossy changes, and in severe cases, skin flakes as well as erosions and crusts caused by scratching. The most obvious symptom of these changes in infants is itchy skin under the eyes, which the child likes to scratch. How to treat eczema of the eye skin? 1. Remove the cause of the allergy: infant eczema is usually related to the food consumed. If the adjustment of the diet causes the appearance of eczema, you can consult a nutritionist to regulate the food in a timely manner; 2. Use cotton fabrics to avoid poor quality chemical fiber products that cause allergies, and keep the infant’s intimate items dry and clean; 3. Use local medication: local hormone-containing eye ointment, such as Dien Bien Bien eye ointment, can be used to improve the symptoms of the child. When a baby suffers from trauma to the eye, such as foreign objects (dust, gravel, flying insects, toys, soot, etc.) entering the eye, chemical burns on the eye surface, or sharp objects hitting the eye, young children cannot speak or express themselves, and will take to rubbing their eyes and crying to attract parents’ attention. 1, first of all, you need to exclude the sharp object caused by the eye penetration injury, if there is a penetration wound, take the child to the hospital for treatment; 2, if the child found chemical substances into the eye, you need to use a lot of water to flush, thoroughly flush out the chemical substances after taking the child to the hospital for the next step; 3, foreign body into the eye, you can use eye solution for flushing, sanitary cotton swab gently remove the foreign body, if the foreign body adhesion If the foreign body is too tight to be removed, you can take the child to the hospital and have it removed by a doctor.