Have been told Bianca has a blocked tear duct, her eye is a bit yucky - maily when she gets upset - was told to wash in warm salty water - did this for awhile and didnt seem to work, and it also dried up her skin around her eye - so im just using warm water.
She has had it for over a week now and it still hasnt fully cleared up!
Doctor isnt back from holidays yet so can't see him.
Has anyone else's little one had this and did they do anything differently to clear it up?
should it be gone by now?
How would i know if it was anything else?
You need to be really persistent with the saline or even breastmilk if you are feeding her (cause it's also sterile), but keep an eye on it ask it may be blocked and need further treatment from your GP to clear it.
That's ok if you're not, it's just another alternative to saline. With my first, he had a mucky eye till he was nearly 4 months and I got so sick of cleaning it all the time, but I had one week where I was doing it all the time - as soon as I would see some gunk, and it paid off and he never had an issue again, but I don't know if he had a blocked duct or not, sometimes they just have gunky eyes without it being blocked. If the saline isn't working, I would take her back to your GP.
the earliest i can see my gp is the 7th jan - so hopefully it will be better by than! it dosent seem to be bothering her tho so hopefully its nothing too bad!
Thank you for ur help tho!
My gf has the same thing happen to her little one just recently, she went to the chemist and there was some sort of solution she could use as well, different to saline. If you are worried before you can get to see your Dr maybe pop in to the chemist and have a chat. Hope shes better soon.
Yucky eye
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Hope shes better soon.
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