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9Mo. Still Doesn't Make Tears
He is definitely well hydrated and doesn't have blocked tear ducts. ... my niece had the same thing. turned out to be clogged tear ducts. unfortunately i ...
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- My 3.5 year old still doesn't have tears very often. He is definitely well hydrated and doesn't have blocked tear ducts. My 2 year old has had tears everytime he cri...
- Hi T., Does she have blocked tear ducts? If so, the doctors can give you eye ointment to help with this? My son had this and now it is fine. I'm surprised your d...
- I would take the recommendations of some of the other moms and take her to an eye doctor or get a second opinion. Tears are very important for our eyes to clean them ...
Baby Acne and Matted Eyes
It sounds like she probably has clogged tear ducts, if her eyes aren't red. .... I myself have clogged tear ducts and some sort of dry eye disease (can't ...
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- The baby acne is soo normal at this age! This is when they get it and it can last for 2 weeks or 2 months! Don't put anything on it. Just wash her face with a wet wa...
- Lacrimal duct is clogged. Both my sons had this reccurrent problem, its typical in newborns and they usually grow out of it eventually. In the meantime he will need ...
- I myself have clogged tear ducts and some sort of dry eye disease (can't remember the name of it), so I have to do eye scrubs every night before bed. I use Johnsons ba...
Only Cries Out of One Eye
His pediatrician diagnosed a blocked tear duct..." ... Here is a link with information about blocked tear ducts. http://www.heatoneye.com/edu_ped_blocked. ...
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- Do you want to find out what is wrong with your son or not? If you do, don't cancel his appointment. I have taken my children to a pedatric opthalmologist for years....
- I would go if I was you. My son had a blocked duct and didn't get diagnosed till right around 12 months. He saw a pediatric opthamologist and had to have a procedure...
- One of my daughters had a blocked tear duct, and it resolved on it's own over a few months, but we did have to keep an eye on it. If you wait for him to show symptoms...
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...
Blocked Tear Duct
Read all 5 responses: "My son has a blocked tear duct, everyday I have to whip this yellowish green stuff from his eye. he's almost a year and it hasn't ...
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- Has your pediatrician given you any antibiotic ointment? All three of my children had blocked tear ducts as newborns and the ointment took care of it. I recommend th...
- Have you massaged the tear duct? You need to massage it every day like 3 times a day. Start from the inner eye with your thumb and move out in a stroke. My daughter h...
- You may have already tried this... My daughter had a blocked tear duct when she was 3/4 months old and the doctor told me to massage the duct with a warm wet wash clot...
Clogged Tear Duct
Read all 52 responses: "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 ...
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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...
Blocked Tear Duct
Read all 14 responses: "I have a one year old son who still has a blocked tear duct. I feel more comfortable waiting a little while before surgery.
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- I am an optometrist in Moore. I agree with the last comment regarding at least SEEING a pediatric ophthalmologist. It is fine to wait 1-2 years and keep massaging. ...
- My son was born with a blocked tear duct. We massaged and messed with it for a year and it never did work. We went to a ped opth in Amarillo (our fam doc is from TX) a...
- My daughter had this surgery done...We tried to massage it, but it did not work...I can't really remember if she was 1 or not...But it really was nothing...We took her...
Surgery for a Blocked Tear Duct
Read all 14 responses: "My daughter is 10 months old. When she was a couple of weeks old we were told that she had a blocked tear duct and that it would ...
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- Yes, my son had that as well, and at 6 months, we did the surgery for it. Apparently, it's VERY common, and no big deal. The surgery took only about 10 minutes - and...
- Did the dr. not give any eye drops for this? I have a 2 month old and he had the same issue. However, we just gave him eye drops three times a day for a few weeks an...
- Hi- My daughter had the surgery at Easter. Unfortunately, her surgery was unsuccessful becuase they found a structural abnormality, but the procedure itself was ve...
Blocked Tear Duct
Read all 19 responses: "My 10-month old has had a blocked tear duct since he was born. Every time we go to the doctor, she says to wait until he's a year to ...
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- If your located near Akron Childrens Hospital there is a great doc his name is Dr. Locastro (spelling?) He did our daughters eye surgery and he is wonderful with the ...
- My neice will be 1 at the end of April and is having her 2nd surgery today for your same problem. The surgery is outpatient and she didn't even notice. It did not ph...
- Hi J., Both of my children had this same problem. I also used the ointment from the doctor and it eventually cleared up. My son's cleared up by the time he was 6 m...
Probing Scheduled for Blocked Tear Duct
Read all 5 responses: "My son who is a little over 9 months old has had a blocked tear duct in his right eye since birth. It is usually goopy in the morning ...
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- I'm sorry to hear that you and your family are going through this, what a pain. My daughter had a blocked tear duct when she was a couple of weeks old but fortunatly ...
- My daughter's tear duct was blocked and we went through the goopiness, etc. We waited until she was a year and it eventually opened up. I was really glad not to have...
- Carol, the solution that worked for me is similar to what you have been trying, but a little different. Some may find it odd, but it worked for my daughter who had a ...
