If newborn care is not in place, it will affect the healthy growth of newborns. Newborns are most prone to symptoms such as eczema, pneumonia, fever, and omphalitis. As long as they receive appropriate care, their condition will not worsen. So what if a baby has eye droppings for over a month?
1. The most common cause of eye droppings in infants over a month old is internal heat. The spleen and stomach function of infants is not yet mature. Babies who consume formula milk or mothers who breastfeed can easily develop internal heat in their infants, leading to various diseases such as eye droppings, dry stools, yellow urine, dry mouth, and bad breath. Solution: Breastfeeding mothers should pay attention to their diet, work, and rest, and try to minimize the intake of high calorie, spicy, and stimulating foods. For infants fed with formula, it is best to give some hot water between two feedings. When the fire subsides, eye droppings will improve.
2. An increase in eye droppings in infants over a month old may also be related to eyelash irritation. This is because during this period, eyelashes are prone to grow inward, and when the eyeball is stimulated by friction, eye excrement is produced. As the months increase, eyelashes will naturally grow outward and eye excrement will gradually decrease. Solution: Use a sterile cotton swab to gently wipe from the corner of the eye to the outer corner, keeping the eyes clean.
3. Infants and young children have weaker resistance. If not taken care of properly, baby products are not clean, and hands are not washed before breastfeeding, wiping the eyes with poorly disinfected towels can allow bacteria to invade the lacrimal sac, causing infection, conjunctivitis or acute dacryocystitis, resulting in excessive eye droppings, sticky eye secretions, itching, stinging, congestion, etc. Solution: In this case, do not use eye drops without the approval of a doctor and seek medical treatment promptly. In addition, personal hygiene should be emphasized, and baby sinks, towels, and other bath products should not be mixed with other items to prevent cross infection.
It is worth noting that babies who have eye droppings for over a month should avoid wiping them with their hands or unclean towels; You can immerse a sterile cotton swab in cold water and gently wipe from the corner of the eye to the corner of the eye. Babies may have a small amount of eye excrement. If the amount is small and not yellow, no treatment is needed. However, if eye droppings do not disappear and the amount is large and yellow, it may be caused by infection or obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct, and should be checked and treated in a timely manner. Ordinary eye droppings are white and mainly caused by internal heat, while yellow ones may be caused by infection.
