Hi Antheia
It sounds like an infection to me. The reason that the puss is coming out of the eye is:-
You have a small tube that connects the ear to the back of the throat (Eustation Tube). You also have a tube that connects the eye to the back of the nose (can’t remember the name of it). These tube exits are quite close to each other . The infection in the ear is probably under a little pressure. So therefore the puss travelling down the Eustation Tube could quite easily travel up the tube that I can’t remember the name of and end up coming out of the eye.
I think seeing an ENT would be a good idea.
Good luck hunny. Has he had any abs to clear it up? Hopefully thats all he'll need.
Possibly grommits. Not sure as its different, but when DD1 had grommits every time she had an ear infection fluid would leak out her ears. So it might help if they have that release?
Went to the GP and he's now on his 3rd lot of antibiotics. He'll need to be seen again in 10 days and we've been given a referal to an ENT specialist. The GP said he'll probably need grommets. But i thought they didnt put them in until 3 years of age?
Kane had grommits at 18 months babe.
And I know clefts are different, but they tend to get ear infections, and so some cleft bubbas get grommits very early, I know of some getting them at 4 months due to heaps of infections in the first few months of life...
So he's not too young, and they just may give them to him at this age. He does have to go under for it, but its very fast and simple.
Nah, Grommits are more often done at 2 or 3, but when ever they are needed. DD is probably going to have her second lot & I thought she would be too old!
Hi there, sounds like you guys have had a really rough trot with ear infections.
I suspect from what you are describing that what your DS has is a really stubborn middle ear infection that is never completely clearing up - it is improving enough to the point where there are no symptoms, but once he gets run down or something upsets his immune system, it starts to multiply. Especially as the symptoms seem to be the same each time. Bright green pus can sometimes mean pseudomonas is the culprit, which can be hard to treat.
He is little for grommets, but they tend to them based on need rather than age, and if his eardrum has perforated that many times in recent months, I think it would make sense for him to have them, otherwise you run the risk that his hearing may be infected. You can also have speech difficulties later on in life too if they have recurrent ear infections at a young age, because their hearing is impaired each time they have the infection and as a result they are exposed to less speech and can take longer to develop their own speech patterns.
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