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Clogged Tear Ducts
My son had clogged tear ducts also. His eyes were always matted and watery. The doc always said if they were not gone by his 1 yr appt then he may have to ...
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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
Our 9 yr. son does wear glasses now, but my almost 7 yr. old daughter who had the worst of the clogged eye duct does not wear glasses. Go figure. ...
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- My daughter went through this. @ 1 year old we had it done. The eye exercises I had to do, pushing near the eye area was hard because she did not want me to touch her...
- I have had two of my four kids with blocked tear ducts (aka dacryostenosis) and they both needed surgery to have a stent placed around their first birthday. Both were...
- I don't personally have any experience with this, but I have a friend who did and they had some sort of plugs placed in the tear ducts (just in the ducts on the inside...
Infant Eye Question
I have a 5 month old, and she has two clogged tear ducks, the doctor said it is all normal and will go away in a year. We massage both eyes a few times a ...
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- We had the same issue. When the massage alone wasn't working, the pediatrician prescribed an antibiotic ointment to use as needed. That helped a little, but it always ...
- My child also outgrew it. Probably by about 8 months.
- My son had this at 3 months and my doc recommended to NOT massage the tear duct, even though many books recommended this. She said instead to put warm wet cotton ball...
Clogged Tear Duct
My first son had a clogged tear duct when he was a newborn, and the doctor gave him some antibiotic eye drops. It cleared up the swelling, and went away. ...
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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...
Puffy Eye
My best friends little girl (when she was a baby) had a puffy eye when she woke up. She called her doctor who suggested that the tear duct was maybe clogged ...
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- I agree with the other response who said about the clogged tear duct. It is very common around that age. It helps if you massage the inside corner of the eye close to ...
- Try to put cold wash rags on the eye several times today to reduce the swelling. She could have a slight allergy to something, my son had puffy eyes when he was a few ...
- Hi- our 18 week old had a swollen eye and it got a little gooky. The doctor said it was probably a blocked tear duct. The best way to help it is to massage the tear ...
Clogged Tear Duct
My first never had clogged tear ducts. I just feel so bad for her, her little eyes are nearly dried shut each time she wakes up! Thanks! ...
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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...
Eye
my daughter had the same thing. it was a clogged tear duct. use murine natural tear drops, 1 or 2 3 or 4 times a day. rub the corner of the affected eye ...
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- My son had the same thing at the exact same age. According to his doctor, it's not an infection unless the drainage has a yellow, green or other yucky color. If it's...
- My first instinct is to say that it's a blocked tear duct, especially at this stage. Both of my kids had that. If the white of her eye is pink or blood shot, I'd be ...
- It's an eye infection like pink eye. Just go to the doctor he will give you the appropriate medication.
Clogged Tear Ducts
My son Tristan had a clogged tear duct when he was born and the doc gave him some eye drops that were not helping at all. I went to a natural store here in ...
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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??
My son's eye did that for his first two months. It shows back up every so often. It was a clogged tear duct and very common in babies. I just used a warm ...
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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...
Watery and Leaking Eye in 1 Year Old
It is remarkable when dealing with clogged eye ducts. Just put some in his eye/ ducts a few times a day and you should notice an improvement within a day or ...
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- The same thing was happening with my 16 month old son and my pediatrician said it is sometimes a sign of an ear infection (which it was).
- My son had the same problem, basically from birth. His eye constantly leaked yellowish fluid though is eye was not red. The doctor recommended (as one of the other res...
- Hi A.! Check with your pedi...Could be the tear duct...could be conjuctivitis....My 7 year old son (also named Javier) just had conjuctivitis along w/ a cold....goopy...
