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How to cure tearing eye in toddler?
He said it could be just a blocked tear duct, but it is not common at her age ( usually .... My friend's son had a blocked tear duct with the same symptoms. ...
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- my son's eyes have been doing that since birth.. some kids have allergies that make that happen, some have blocked tear ducts.. Make sure you go to a pediatric optham...
- My friend's son had a blocked tear duct with the same symptoms. They tried medication and massaging of the duct area near the inside corner of the eye. They finally ...
- i know this sounds scary but i have the same problem and after scanning my eyes a billion times with those scary orange drops in my eyes my opthamologist asked me if i...
Green Gunk
It is probably a clogged tear duct. My 5-month-old has the same thing. He got at about 1 week. She will probably grow out of it. ...
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- my son got this and it has to do with the tear duct clogging up - if you massage the inner corner by his eye it will clear up.
- Sounds like pink eye...very contagious...get her to the doctor's or urgent treatment center as soon as possible for some RX antibotics... Good luck!
- It is probably a clogged tear duct. My 5-month-old has the same thing. He got at about 1 week. She will probably grow out of it. All you have to do is massage the a...
9Mo. Still Doesn't Make Tears
my niece had the same thing. turned out to be clogged tear ducts. unfortunately i cannot remember what they did to unclog them. Helpful? ...
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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 ...
Only Cries Out of One Eye
Even though it doesn't sound like your son has a clogged tear duct to me either, I'm sure the doctor will be able to tell you for sure what the problem is. ...
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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...
Blocked Tear Duct SURGERY
Read all 17 responses: "Hi all! My 15 month old son is going to need surgery to unblock his tear duct on his left eye. We see his surgeon this Friday, ...
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- My son had this done a few years back and let me tell you that it made a WORLD of difference. His eye cleared up wonderfully. The recovery time was nothing, he slept m...
- My daughter had the block tear duct in both eyes. De Musgrove was who we saw. We were going to have the surgery but was very nervous about it. We had it set up and wit...
- My response is different than everybody else. My now 23 year old had a stopped up tear duct when he was 1. We had seen the dr. about it and watched it for a whil...
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 ...
Blocked Tear Ducts What to Do?
Read all 25 responses: "Hello, After having my new born home for 2 days her eyes suddenly looked to be infected. I was going to take her to the ER but ...
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- I know others may have mentioned this too but spraying breastmilk always works - give it a few days and it'll be GONE.
- My daughter had it and I would put warm washclothes on it and religously massaged it. They also gave me eye drops to use when the color got to look bad. She was fine a...
- Not sure if this is the same situation, but my daughter who is now 6 months old had a lot of mucus in her eyes for 4 to 5 months. It was so bad that when I would feed...
Blocked Tear Duct in 5-Month Old
My son, who is a yr old now, had blocked tear ducts for the first few months of his life. It was like for awhile, it was one eye, but then it would switch. ...
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- Hi A.- My son had that as well. The doctor used to push on it really had and encouraged us to do the same, and massage it. He did prescribe some eye drops at one po...
- A., Massaging the duct with eye drops from the doctor cleared my daughters blocked tear duct. The few kids I know of that had to have the surgery did well. J. N.
- Hi A.- My son had the same things. His was pretty bad. In the wintertime his cheek would be chapped from the tear running all the time. Our ped. had said he'd grow...
Son with Clogged Tear Duct
Read all 10 responses: "My son has had a clogged tear duct since he was about 3 months old. His Ped got concerned now that he's 12 months and sent us to an ...
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- Both of my kids had this. I would just get a warm washcloth throughout the day and using my finger, place it on the tear duct for about a minute, gently moving in circ...
- Ok this is gonna sound nuts but it worked for me. When my daughter was born she had a clogged duct. My cousin who is a nurse knew a doctor who swore by this. When yo...
- Hello, my son had the same thing and what I did was massage the part of the eye where the tear duct is with my hands while he was taking a bath with warm water. You h...
Probing for Blocked Tear Duct
Read all 19 responses: "My 11.5 month old son had the goopy eyes when he was born (one more than the other). Over the past month or so it seems to have ...
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- Hi M., My daughter, 17 months, has had goopy eyes since birth as well. When we consulted with the Dr. at 11 months, he also recommended surgery. My husband and I agre...
- My little gal has the same problem, but she's only 11 weeks. Our pediatrician said it usually clears up by a year old. Hers is already getting better but every now a...
- M., My Youngest son was born with one blocked tear duct. The pediatrician assured us it was not a big deal if we had to have the procedure but urged us to massage th...
