Eye care for a newborn is one of the moments of a mandatory morning toilet. To avoid any infections, it is important to carry it out correctly.
Normal eye care
After sleeping, a white ball sometimes appears in the corner of the eye in babies, this is natural. You don’t need to panic, just wipe off the accumulated mucus with a cotton swab. The swab should be moistened with boiled water, squeezed.
Wipe your eyes with a movement from the outer corner to the inner one.
With this method, the eyes need to be processed twice a day. If the eyes remain very wet after wiping, wipe with a dry, clean cloth.
Conjunctivitis Eye Care
Conjunctivitis is an inflammation that can be divided into two types. Infectious - this is when the baby brought dirt into the eyes. Viral - accompanied by colds (SARS, ARI or influenza).
If you notice that the child's eyelids stick together, pus collects in the corner of the eye constantly, then this is conjunctivitis. It is treated easily, it is enough to instill special baby drops containing an antibiotic within three days. If the baby’s mother has milk, then you can drip with breast milk, or wipe with a napkin dipped in milk. You can just spray in the corner of the eye and blot.
Washing with a solution of chamomile, potassium permanganate, or furatsilin helps well. It is necessary to drip both eyes, even if one is festering. If the treatment does not help, then do not pull, but consult a specialist doctor. In the advanced stages, antibacterial ointments and an antibiotic solution are used.
This infection is tolerated, so it is better to avoid contact with sick children.
Dacryocystitis Care
When diagnosed with dacryocystitis, home treatment is usually prescribed - rinse the eye with an agent for infections and massage the lacrimal canal. The attending physician must show how to do this type of massage correctly. If home treatment does not help, then the lacrimal canal is washed in the hospital. As a rule, this disease disappears in two weeks.
In order to prevent infections from entering the eyes of the newborn, it is better to properly care for them initially. For the prevention of diseases, you need to maintain cleanliness in the house, maintain special care in a crib. In infants, immunity is weak and any infection can cause eye diseases. If pus appears in the eyes, do not let it go by chance, consult a doctor immediately. Do not self-medicate and "grandmother's methods." The health of the child directly depends on parental attention.
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At 3 months, our baby had conjunctivitis and mother instillation and eye washing with chamomile helped us. Everything went in 3 days. Both eyes were treated, although only one was ill.
Contradict yourself. At the end of the article, write that you don’t need to self-medicate and apply grandmother’s methods, but in the middle of the article, you are advised to drip milk in your eyes, well, not jerks?