Infants with excessive eye boogers are usually caused by conjunctivitis or dacryocystitis.
Babies born through the mother’s birth canal, there is a risk of contamination of the eyes by bacteria in the birth canal, Chlamydia trachomatis and so on, resulting in neonatal conjunctivitis, when the child will have increased eye boogers, eye redness and other symptoms.
If the valve at the lower end of the tear duct does not degenerate properly when the baby is born, the tear duct will be obstructed, resulting in chronic dacryocystitis, and the tear fluid accumulated in the tear duct will trigger the reproduction of bacteria and form inflammation, leading to increased eye droppings.
It is usually difficult for parents to determine the cause of increased eye discharge in infants on their own, and they should go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital for a face-to-face examination to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment can be anti-infectious treatment with medication such as tobramycin eye drops under the guidance of a doctor.