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Advice on Clogged Tear Ducts
Asked by A.B. from Houston
on November 25, 2008
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Hi there - my 4.5 month old has had clogged tear ducts since birth. Upon the advice of the pedi, we're waiting until 6 months to take her to the opthamologist. In th...
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- If you are nursing try pour/expressing some breast milk into and around the eye. I know it sounds wierd but breastmilk has all those natural antibiotic properties that...
- Try warm compresses on the eyes where the tear duct is. Hold it there as long as possible. Usually that helps it unclog. I know there are also natural remedies for it ...
- Ask your pediatrician to prescribe her a saline gel. I used this when my tear duct was shredded. It is a thick gel that looks like Vaseline, but it is sterile and it g...
Clogged Tear Duct
Asked by D.B. from Richland
on July 9, 2008
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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 days, but it just seems to be getti...
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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...
Clogged Tear Ducts
Asked by A.T. from Dallas
on March 1, 2008
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Hi, I am a gradmother of a beautiful one month old baby boy. He has clogged tear ducts. The doctor says this is very common on newborn babies. I am concerned because h...
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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 Ducts
Asked by K.C. from Omaha
on November 10, 2008
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My 8 month old son has had clogged tear ducts since he was born. I wondered if anyone else has experienced this. The doctor says it normally goes away on it's own, b...
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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...
" Advice About Child's Eyes "
Asked by D.M. from San Diego
on April 12, 2007
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Ever since my daughter was born, she has had a great deal of green gunk in both of her eyes. Sometimes it's so bad, she can't open her eyes. I've asked her doctor ab...
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- Hey D., I know how you feel, my best friend's daughter is going thru the same thing...her Pediatrician gave her some eye drops and told them to massage her eyes. The...
- In response to something another mom said about an infection not lasting so long, my son had conjunctivitis (a similar infection to pink-eye) and his eyes gooped for h...
- Hi, Been where you are. She would wake up with her eye crusted shut. The doctor would say use a warm wet cloths and massage the tear duct...yadda, yadda. I guess...
Clogged Tear Ducts
Asked by J.C. from Casper
on July 15, 2008
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My 8 month old DD has a clogged tear duct. I have taken her to the doc and the eye doc and they have both said that it is clogged. I have done everything that they h...
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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...
Clogged Tear Duct
Asked by B.S. from Fort Myers
on October 15, 2008
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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 it. I have tried several different...
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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...
Clogged Tear Duct...
Asked by C.B. from Dallas
on September 18, 2007
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My almost 3 month old has had a clogged tear duct since she was born. The doctor is giving it until she is 6 months to see if it will go away on its own. He has not ...
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- C., Don't worry about her clogged duct. My daughter had one until she was 16 months old. The doctor I saw at Presby Plano tried pressing on the channel, but it didn...
- Massage with a warm wash cloth and drop a drop of breast milk in her eye. This worked for us with our new born last year.
- Hi C., My daughter had the same problem at that age. We were instructed to wash our hands well and then gently massage the area. It cleared up after awhile. It wou...
Dry Eyes
Asked by G.S. from Houston
on March 25, 2008
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Any suggestions? I've been to optometrist and opthamologist and have used countless eye drops, including Restasis and Klear Kote, but am hoping to find something inte...
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- I wish I knew the answer for you Vicki. I'm a 41/mom of 2 boys and now my eyes are so dry I can barely keep them open and am always trying to rub them with lids close...
- Try Eye Vitamins, make sure they have lutein and bilberry buy from a Health food store. they helped us. Oly
- My optomologist recommend that I take flaxseed oil, I believe it's 1000 mg or units per day. You might try it - I know how dry eyes can be. I tried the Restasis and ...
Clogged Tear Ducts???
Asked by K.T. from Los Angeles
on January 13, 2008
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My daughters pediatrician keeps informing me that it is just a clogged tear duct. She is 7-months old and I swear it is getting worse. Poor thing can't even open her...
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- Hi K. ,my daughter was born with a clogged tear duct.It went away at about ayear old,to keep her comfy I put Vaseline around her eye it helped alot.Poor thing I know...
- The drops are to prevent infection probably- but do not help to drain the tear duct. A warm compress for 3-5 minutes and then press on the area below it 4 times a day ...
- Hi K. How long has the tear duct been clogged? Did your pediatrician say this is something that over time would take care of it's self?..Me Personally I'd go over h...
