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Clogged Tear Duct
Asked by H.B. from Dallas
on August 15, 2009
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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 that if it isn't cleared up by the...
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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...
Does Cleaning Air Ducts = Less Dust in House?
Asked by P.D. from Kansas City
on January 11, 2009
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We have owned our home 6 years. It was a fixer upper and smoked in previously. It seems like dust collects in our house, on tv and pictures etc very quickly. Would ...
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- YES, cleaning the air ducts/vents AND changing the air filter to a HEPA air filter will decrease the dust and allergens in your home. I do not know who to recommend h...
- Hi P.! One other thing you might look at is your vacuum cleaner. If there is a layer of dust on it, then it's because the vacuum is not sucking all of the dust in, b...
- You identified your home as one you are fixing up. Likely you generate constryction dust in the process. You should have your duct work cleaned by a professional ser...
Eye Discharge
Asked by T.G. from Spartanburg
on May 28, 2008
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I am wondering if anyone has experienced this with their child. I have a 15 month old boy who seems to have constant eye discharge. When he was younger it seemed lik...
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- I too have experienced the same thing with my daughter her whole life. She is about to turn two years old. I've been told that her tear ducts get blocked, due to a c...
- My nephew suffered through this same thing for many months until finally my sister agreed to the tear duct surgery. She says now she wish she would have done it soone...
- Clogged tear ducts won't be helped by an allergist. Two of my children had this issue. You can do tear duct massage and that may help them open up. If they really d...
Blocked Tear Duct SURGERY
Asked by V.S. from Austin
on November 4, 2008
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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, but no date posted as of yet. I was c...
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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...
Pumping Questions
Asked by J.T. from York
on July 10, 2008
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Hi, I am breasftfeeding my 4 week old daughter & I pump a few times a day. When I pump one side produces about 1/2 as much as the other side. Is that cause for conce...
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- Hi! My daughter is about 2 1/2 months old. I have a medela swing pump and get more out of my right breast than I do my left (even when I'm leaking from left one, it ...
- Hi, you are doing just fine... I myself had very low results when pumping at work full time. 1-2 ounces each side each time - when I would pump when i was still at h...
- I would think that a plugged duct would be painful, but i don't know for sure. When i was pumping for my duaghter i usually produced more from my right breast than fr...
Tear Duct
Asked by A.A. from Los Angeles
on October 31, 2008
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Moms,
my 2 months old has discharge from her one eye since birth. dr says tear duct is cloged and it will open itself.
i worry a lot. any other advise than to wait???
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- Both of my children had this, but our doctor had us massage the duct to help it open, which I think really does help. You should ask the doctor about this before doin...
- One of my son's had a "blocked tear duct." The MD had us gently massage (with clean hands) the corner of the one eye several times a day in hopes of clearing it up. ...
- My friend's son had this. They actually did a procedure that opened the tear duct because it was not opening on it's own. he's 5 now and doesn't have any tear duct pr...
Clogged Milk Ducts?
Asked by C.B. from Dallas
on July 19, 2007
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i have a 3 week old baby. She was fussy all day yesterday and got some sleep at night. She slept 6 hours without a feeding, and now I have some sore spots in the lo...
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- You've gotten a lot of good advice. Also check www.kellymom.com for dosage, but you can try taking some lecithin supplements. I found that, in addition to cutting so...
- Warm, warm, warm. Compress with warm wet washcloths or towels. I also poured hot water (heated on stove or in microwave) into small empty water bottles, wrapped them i...
- C., Some great advice, but one I missed seeing- If you spike a fever or start feeling like you've been hit by a truck/ serious flu-like symptoms- get to your dr. AS...
Clogged Tear Duct vs Pink Eye
Asked by T.B. from Tampa
on January 9, 2009
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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, but no redness, swelling, or itc...
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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 ...
Air Quality Testing
Asked by T.S. from Portland
on May 13, 2009
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Has anyone ever done an air quality test in your home? I recently (a few months ago) had our air ducts cleaned and they found mold. It was treated at the time but I am...
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- This I have never done but there are other toxins to look out for...cleaning supplies and washing detergents. You might look into that too.
- Air quality tests can raise more questions than suggest solutions, and according to at least one state's health department, testing is not necessarily the first or mos...
- I think getting a few air purifiers is a great idea. I also suggest changing your air filter in your heating system. They say you should change it every yr, but mayb...
