Erythema on the whites of the eyes of infants may be caused by trauma, conjunctivitis, pigmented nevus, etc. It can be treated by general treatment, medication and physical therapy.
1. General treatment: If the baby is squeezed to a certain extent in the birth canal during delivery, resulting in increased pressure on the blood vessels, it may lead to red spots on the whites of the eyes, which usually do not need any special treatment and will be cured by themselves.
2. Medication: If the baby’s eyes are infected with bacteria, viruses, or sand and other foreign objects that irritate the eyes and cause conjunctivitis, due to the inflammation stimulation may appear on the white of the eye with red spots, you can under the guidance of the doctor through the levofloxacin eye drops, cotrimoxazole, dexamethasone eye drops and other medications for anti-inflammatory treatment.
3. Physical therapy: due to the baby on the conjunctiva pigment nevus, that is, the surface of the white eyeball pigmentation, may appear on the white of the eye with erythema, generally do not need to be treated, but also can be liquid nitrogen freezing for treatment.
Infants with erythema on the white of the eye, should promptly go to the regular hospital, clear cause, follow the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment.