Tear Ducts: Preschooler
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Clogged Tear Ducts
Asked by K.C. from Omaha
on November 10, 2008
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My 8 month old son has had clogged tear ducts since he was born. I wondered if anyone else has experienced this. The doctor says it normally goes away on it's own, b...
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- K., My son had that as well. It didn't open up on it's own. There wasn't anything that would have worked as his was just never developed properly. Guess its very c...
- Hi! My daughter had a clogged tear duct too, until she was about 11 months old. We never did the surgery to open it up, it just went away on its own. It was really ...
- YEs! My first daughter had blocked tear ducts. By 7 months it was NOT going away and in fact seemed to be getting worse, and her poor little face was getting chapped...
Clogged Tear Ducts
Asked by A.T. from Dallas
on March 1, 2008
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Hi, I am a gradmother of a beautiful one month old baby boy. He has clogged tear ducts. The doctor says this is very common on newborn babies. I am concerned because h...
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- My oldest daughter had this when she was born and they had to unclog her teat duct. I think it hurt me more than it hurt her. I was not suppose to go in the room with ...
- My four year old had the same problem as an infant. It is so sad to see their eyes constantly matted and hurting. My pediatrician said the tear ducts should open by ag...
- A good friend of mine had the same issue with her baby boy - she gently dabbed breast milk on them and it helped them clear up.
Clogged Tear Duct
Asked by D.B. from Richland
on July 9, 2008
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My 9 day old has a clogged tear duct. I have been masssaging it every time I nurse, per the docs recommendation, for the last three days, but it just seems to be getti...
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- My son was born with a clogged duct. Each doctors appointment I would comment on it and my doctor would ignore it. She finally sent me to a specialist who said... 60% ...
- Have you tried to put your breast milk in her eye? I was not sure if you had by your post. I did that and it worked right away. It does not hurt them infact, yu can...
- My older daughter had this problem once when she was a baby. When it seemed to start getting worse I had the doctor look at it and she prescribed some medicated eye dr...
Clogged Tear Ducts???
Asked by K.T. from Los Angeles
on January 13, 2008
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My daughters pediatrician keeps informing me that it is just a clogged tear duct. She is 7-months old and I swear it is getting worse. Poor thing can't even open her...
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- Hi K. ,my daughter was born with a clogged tear duct.It went away at about ayear old,to keep her comfy I put Vaseline around her eye it helped alot.Poor thing I know...
- The drops are to prevent infection probably- but do not help to drain the tear duct. A warm compress for 3-5 minutes and then press on the area below it 4 times a day ...
- Hi K. How long has the tear duct been clogged? Did your pediatrician say this is something that over time would take care of it's self?..Me Personally I'd go over h...
Clogged Tear Duct...
Asked by C.B. from Dallas
on September 18, 2007
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My almost 3 month old has had a clogged tear duct since she was born. The doctor is giving it until she is 6 months to see if it will go away on its own. He has not ...
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- C., Don't worry about her clogged duct. My daughter had one until she was 16 months old. The doctor I saw at Presby Plano tried pressing on the channel, but it didn...
- Massage with a warm wash cloth and drop a drop of breast milk in her eye. This worked for us with our new born last year.
- Hi C., My daughter had the same problem at that age. We were instructed to wash our hands well and then gently massage the area. It cleared up after awhile. It wou...
Blocked Tear Duct
Asked by A.F. from St. Louis
on July 18, 2008
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Hi- My 7 month-old has had a blocked tear duct since birth. I've massaged it and cleaned it daily, but just recently, it had gotten infected so we went to the dr. He...
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- Our daughter had blocked ducts from birth as well. Her eyes were constantly gooky and/or infected. We finally scheduled the surgery and she got sick the day before i...
- Our baby had this condition too. The dr we go to said he would waite untill after the baby was 12 monthes before he would suggest the probe. Fortuinately it clured it'...
- Hi A., My son had blocked tearducts in BOTH eyes from birth. We treated with massage, antibiotic eye drops and when it got really bad, steroid eye drops. Our pedia...
Three Year Old Has Cold with Blocked Tear Duct
Asked by T.C. from Charlotte
on March 17, 2008
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My 3 year old son had an on and off blocked tear duct when he was born which finally cleared completely at about 16 months. He has had several colds since then but no...
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- Hi T., The book that I live by when I have questions like this, The Baby Book by William and Martha Sears. It is my baby Bible. Run out and get a copy! Here's ...
- T. C, You are not alone ok, my month old has recently experienced this and his pediatrician gave us a prescription for AugmentinMG (Amoxicillin W/Clavulanate). M...
- T., if you gett a duplicate, I apologize, I was typing, then the response disappeared. Anyway, my 2 1/2 yr old had the same problem. At 10 months, we had a proceure ...
3 Year Old Cold and Swollen Eye?
Asked by S.L. from Los Angeles
on December 23, 2011
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My 3 year old daughter came down with a fever of 101 over night. She has runny nose and eyes. The right eye is slightly swollen and red. It's tender to the touch. My D...
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- My daughter has gotten so congested that her eyes were runny too. Try a warm salt water compress on her eye. If it is really swollen and sore take her to an urgent car...
- My son had the same symptoms and progressed into periorbital cellulitis in a matter of hours. Required hospital stay for 5 days of IV antibiotics. I would definitely g...
- Go to an Urgent Care office. My son was sick once, with Croup. He also had Conjunctivitis, at the same time. Same related illness, but in his eye. We had to us...
" Advice About Child's Eyes "
Asked by D.M. from San Diego
on April 12, 2007
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Ever since my daughter was born, she has had a great deal of green gunk in both of her eyes. Sometimes it's so bad, she can't open her eyes. I've asked her doctor ab...
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- Hey D., I know how you feel, my best friend's daughter is going thru the same thing...her Pediatrician gave her some eye drops and told them to massage her eyes. The...
- In response to something another mom said about an infection not lasting so long, my son had conjunctivitis (a similar infection to pink-eye) and his eyes gooped for h...
- Hi, Been where you are. She would wake up with her eye crusted shut. The doctor would say use a warm wet cloths and massage the tear duct...yadda, yadda. I guess...
Chronic Eye Discharge
Asked by L.P. from Charleston
on February 5, 2008
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Since my 20 month old was a newborn she has had reoccurring eye infections. Her eyes will tear and drain a yellow discharge which dries and sticks to her eyelashes. ...
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- I don't know if this specialist exists but someone like a pedio optometrist might help. Maybe you can call an opthal- mologist's office in your area for advice or a d...
- I had this problem with my oldest daughter who is now almost 7. After a while the doctor finally said she had blocked ducts. There is a quick procedure to fix the prob...
- Has your peds doctor checked to see if their tear drops are clogged? My neice had that problem and they did a very quick and milt surgery to unclogg her tear drops
