thread: Ok, so I have read the conjunctivitis threads but am I doing this right...

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  1. #1
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    Sep 2005
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    naaah, I wouldn't. Nate's get pretty bad, but doesn't seem to bother him overnight.

  2. #2
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    Sep 2008
    South West Sydney, NSW
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    Thanks ladies!!

  3. #3
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    Sep 2008
    South West Sydney, NSW
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    I am thinking maybe it is not conjunctivitis... DD has no gunk this morning - she had a gunky crusty bit where 'sleep' would normally be and her eyelashes had some gunk crust in it but no more gunk since she woke...

    I have squirted it when we woke and again since then.

    Would it go away this quickly? Could it just have been something in her eye?

    It was a pink yesterday and swollen... today it is only slightly pink and still a tad swollen and my last question (well for this post anyway LOL) is do I have to take her to a doctor? or will BM be enough to clean it with?

  4. #4
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    Sep 2005
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    she might have a bit of a blocked duct. This is what Nate has and it's especially bad when his nose is snotty.

  5. #5
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    Sep 2008
    South West Sydney, NSW
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    I have been massaging the area to the left of her nose and near the corner of her eye in case it was a blocked tear duct - her nose hasn't been overly snotty... she did have some dried mucus in there but it hasn't been runny or anything like that

    The swelling seems mainly to be on the eyelid... her dad gets gunky eyes due to hayfever and I am now wondering if she will also get it... there was a bit of pollen around yesterday and we were outside at my friends house

    Argh... I never realised that figuring out what is wrong could/would be so hard

  6. #6
    BellyBelly Member

    May 2005
    Brisbane
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    tk - we had the same thing with Immi and Dr thought was a blocked tear duct. With the recent dust storms there is a lot of stuff in the air. Just keep doing what you have been and if it doesn't clear soon go to the Dr for some drops.

  7. #7
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    Oct 2006
    Sydney
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    Could be a blocked duct or could be that she gave her eye a little scratch and it got a bit inflamed. When they rub their eyes so much it's easy for the eye to get a little scratch on it.
    Glad it is looking better at any rate!