Question
If a newborn’s right eye is crying and has eye boogers, could it be due to excess heat? Previous treatment and outcomes: Have not yet consulted a doctor, seeking assistance: Provide treatment methods. If it’s due to excess heat, why doesn’t the left eye show the same symptoms? Therefore, it is not likely caused by excess heat. Instead, consider the possibility of having dacryocystitis or lacrimal duct obstruction.
Answer
It is recommended to first give the child a lacrimal sac massage, which involves using the thumb to gently press from the inner corner of the eye along the bridge of the nose upwards towards the nostril, applying slight pressure, and doing this five times a day, each time for five presses. It is best to drop eye drops before the massage, as this helps to absorb the eye drops into the lacrimal sac. It’s important to remember to keep your nails clean. If there is no improvement after lacrimal sac massage, it is recommended to undergo lacrimal duct probing around three months old, as the child’s tear ducts are large enough for cleaning and probing at this age, and the child’s struggle is not too intense. If you wait until the child is older, the struggle will be more intense, making probing more difficult.