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Preemie and Tons of Eye Boogers Bad?
Some babies have tear ducts that haven't opened up to produce the tears that would ..... they just stopped getting the build up and I realized that they had ...
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- Hey C., You might want to double check with the doctor to make sure there is not any infection (they usually take a culture sample). Although my son had the same p...
- Hi, C.. Congrats on your new little bundle! I am a NICU nurse and you should get your baby into the pediatrician. It sounds like an infection that you need to get e...
- C., I had the exact same issue with my son when he was a newborn and it turned out that his tear ducts in both eyes were clogged. This is a pretty normal occurance (I...
1 Year Old with Red Eye
When he's at home on the weekends it starts clearing up, but when he goes ... His eyes stopped being as red, but he also started having a runny (clear) nose. ... (I had one kiddo who had a blocked tear duct and pretty regularly had pink ...
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- It sounds like his is alergic to the animal dander. if he touches the animals such as cat or dog he may rub is eye right after. the dander aggravates the eyes and turn...
- You might just try giving him a dose of benedryl before he goes to her house and see if that helps clear it up. Warn her though since it might make him a little sleepy...
- If it is crusty... it might be pink eye?? You will need to get medication in the eyes right away... I speak from experience just this past week...
Seeking Much Needed Advice About Eye Care!
His tear duct was closed up and not draining like normal. My son had a out patient minor .... She suggested doing it about 5 times a day until it stopped. ...
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- It is probably a clogged tear duct. My daughter had one until she was almost a year old. Take a warm damp rag and massage the area where the tear duct is. He will even...
- It is very common for infants to have a blocked tear duct, which causes the "eye goo" you have described. Most of the time, you can massage the inner corner of the eye...
- my son's eyes did the same thing. It was his tear ducts, they were closed. He had to have the tear ducts probed. That was a short term fix. He then had tubes put into ...
Infant Eye Question
My daughter had a clogged tear duct, too. I had to massage the inner corner of ... That helped a little, but it always came back when we stopped using it. ...
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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...
Stopped Breastfeeding After 5 Days - How to Control the Swelling
I know your pain When I stopped breast feeding I took a hot hot shower to help release the built up milk supplies When I got out of the shower I was ...
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- If you are really sure you want to stop, you can take sudafed. It's one of the medicines that you can not take much of while nursing because it drys you up. This isn...
- I have gone through this 5 times! I would wear 2 very tight sports bras ALL THE TIME! I mean ones that you have to peel on. Basically, ones you wore before you were...
- call your Dr there is a medication they can give you to dry you up . I took it after both my sons. Believe me it was a great help I hurt so bad i cried.
Drool Rash
Any tips on how to clear it up? We wipe her face after every feeding (I am .... My daughter even had a clogged tear duct and the doctor said to put the ...
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- Use diaper rash cream on her cheeks. When she is clean and dry rub a little bit on her face,chin,etc... If the cream is white, that's o.k., it will be absorbed. It ...
- You could also try using Aquaphor cream too. I would not wipe her face with wipes...it makes it dryer! My son who is five is getting dry skin from me wiping his face w...
- If it is up on her cheeks and not just on her chin, it is likely not from drool. It can be caused by a number of things. Has she been on antibiotics recently? If so,...
Pink Eye in 15 Month Old
A similar thing happened to my son and it was just a blocked tear duct. ... She never actually got the redness, but she did wake up with the crust all ...
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- I just experienced the same thing with my 5 month old. Her pediatrician told me that it was a viral infection. She gave me an ointment to put in her eye. My daughter w...
- If she had pink eye the white would be pink it sounds like she has a cold in her eye wet a cloth with warm water to clean it see a doctor he will give her drops to put...
- Get your baby into the doctor. Pink eye is really painfull and uncomfortable not to mention really contageous....Don't take chances with your child's eyes and get her...
Frequent Nose Bleeds
Once the bleeding has stopped... take a cotton swab dipped in liquid .... point that the blood backed up into her tear ducts and scared the life out of me! ...
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- My son will be 4 on the 26th of this month and he gets an average of 2 nosebleeds a day. I did also untill I was about 16 years old and so did my mother in law. I have...
- My then 7 year old daughter did this last winter to the point that the blood backed up into her tear ducts and scared the life out of me!! After several frantic calls...
- My son and my nephew both get nosebleeds. My nephew has gotten them to the point that they actually did some type of procedure on him at the doctor's office. My son ...
Pink Eye
Shake it up before each application (at least three times a day, but you can do more) and milk the nipple ... Next question: Closed Tear Ducts in Newborns ...
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- I have done it with my youngest two (both were born with blocked tear ducts that got infected occasionally) and it worked quickly and effectively! Breastmilk is AMAZI...
- Hi C.! Expressed breast milk worked wonders for my son! It really works!! Good luck!
- I was treated for over a year by various medical professionals for pink eye. My problem was actually allergies. Just something else to consider. Good luck.
Pink Eye
The drops should start clearing the eyes up in two to three days. ... The doctor said it was most likely a blocked tear duct (he didn't say anything about ...
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- I'm not sure about the medicine but I do know that pink eye is contagious. I caught it once from correcting one of my students that had pink eye. It took awhile to ...
- J., My son had pink eye at the beginning of 1st grade last year. Our pediatrician claims that the latest research shows that antibiotic drops don't typically shorten ...
- My son had the goop in his eyes when he was a newborn. The doctor said it was most likely a blocked tear duct (he didn't say anything about pink eye). He said to cle...
