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Clogged Tear Ducts
Read all 47 responses: "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 ...
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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.
Advice on Clogged Tear Ducts
Read all 12 responses: "Hi there - my 4.5 month old has had clogged tear ducts since birth. Upon the advice of the pedi, we're waiting until 6 months to ...
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- If you are nursing try pour/expressing some breast milk into and around the eye. I know it sounds wierd but breastmilk has all those natural antibiotic properties that...
- Try warm compresses on the eyes where the tear duct is. Hold it there as long as possible. Usually that helps it unclog. I know there are also natural remedies for it ...
- Ask your pediatrician to prescribe her a saline gel. I used this when my tear duct was shredded. It is a thick gel that looks like Vaseline, but it is sterile and it g...
Clogged Tear Duct
Read all 35 responses: "My 8 month old has had a clogged tear duct since birth. I've massaged it ( probably not as often as I should ) but it just isn't ...
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- Hi! I had three kids with this problem and my pediatrician told me to massage the tear duct by FIRMLY (and when he domnstrated it, let me tell ya' it was VERY firmly ...
- My son and my daughter both had this problem. I was very afraid of the surgery at first. I made my son wait until he was 18 months to do the surgery. He is 5 now and h...
- S., it may sound wierd but if you are breast feeding, your milk has wonderful healing properties. My two girls both had this problem and thats what I did. It cleared...
Clogged Tear Duct??
Read all 28 responses: "my baby's right eye has been crusty, gunky, for weeks now. at first i thought it was pink eye, cause of how coated and yucky it ...
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- My son had a clogged duct from birth until around 6 months old. Poor thing - we called him pop=eye because evry time he woke up his one eye was crusted shut! We did th...
- Hi D.. My daughter is 3 now, but has always had that problem, especially in particular seasons. Lately her eye has gotten worse ... even red and dry in the corners a...
- I'm a mother of now 6 month old twins and my twin B had the exact same problem. My Pediatrician said to rub the are where the eye and nose meet with your pinky finger...
Clogged Tear Ducts???
Read all 5 responses: "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 ...
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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 vs Pink Eye
Read all 10 responses: "Does anyone know how tell the difference between a clogged tear duct and pink eye? My 2 month old has a teary eye and some discharge ...
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- I have not come across this but I would say to check on www.WEBMD.com and it will show pics sometimes to give you and idea as well as what to do for treatment. Good lu...
- Sounds like a clogged tear duct. Gently message the side by nose in the corner of the eyelid in a circular motion several times a day.
- Pink eye is actually pretty gross. When my daughter got it, her eye was glued shut in the morning with puss like gunk and very very pink, not just the eye itself but ...
Clogged Tear Duct
Read all 16 responses: "My daughter was born with a clogged tear duct. Her poor eye is always red, always draining, and when she wakes up has eye boogers in ...
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- go get the procedure done! i waited and shouldn't have, it was quick and easy. yes, hard to watch them probe a metal rod into your baby's eye but my baby was fine 30...
- My friends (2 different ones) had to have surgery for the little ones. It really was easy(although that's hard to think of when they are that little), but it took like...
- Just keep doing what you are doing... two of my three had clogged tear ducts. One cleared up around 6 months, one right before a year. We were in Texas with the firs...
Clearing up a Clogged Nose.
Read all 22 responses: "I've seen a doc for this and am not happy with the results so I thought I'd see if any of you moms have suggestions.
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- I've heard that neti pots are really good at clearing everything out quickly. You can find them at Walgreens.
- If you can stomach sour stuff, try drinking a few spoonfuls of apple cider vinegar mixed in a tall glass of water. Drinking it through a straw helps to cut down on how...
- Have you ever tried using a neti pot? I know it's not exactly the most comfortable looking thing to do but I have had great success with it. I just fill mine with wa...
Help! I Have a Blocked/clogged Milk Duct for the THIRD time...help!
Read all 5 responses: "Hello moms. I have an amazing 6 month old son who is exclusively breastfed. About 6 weeks ago one of my milk ducts became blocked and ...
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- Celsea, What Teresa suggested was the ONLY thing that finally unclogged my very painfully blocked duct. At 4 months I was just miserable because my duct wouldn't unb...
- Hi C.- I had recurring clogged ducts with my first child- it was miserable, as you know! My husband also helped but not with the suction- I never thought of that or ...
- I know how much pain you are in but when you are feeding your son lean forward (your milk will flow faster) grasp your breast and gently squeeze the duct that continua...
Clogged Tear Duct
Read all 10 responses: "My four month old son has had an underdeveloped tear duct since he was born. I have never really worried over it and the doctor said ...
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- Hubby is a nurse and we went through this with one of our kiddo...just warm/hot water cloth on his eye a couple of times a day and within a week or so it should clear ...
- My daughter had this as well. Most of the time we just wiped it with a warm washcloth and it was fine but there were a few times it got infected and we had to do drop...
- Our daughter went throught the same thing. We just kept wipes or wet wash cloths around to clean her face when we saw the green stuff. Part of her green stuff was al...
