Sticky Eyes
Babies often have ‘sticky’ or watery eyes. It may be one eye The best way
to cleanse the eye is drop some normal saline or if breast feeding some
breast milk into the eyes and swab (wiping from the inside of the eye out,
once) with a cotton ball. Repeat this 4 times a day.
Cleanse with:
Expressed breast milk.
Normal saline – ¼ teaspoon salt in 150 mls cooled boiled water.
Make clean solution every 24 hours.
Cleansing procedure:
Wash hands thoroughly before and after procedure.
Using clean cotton ball, dip into solution (or express some breast milk
into the eye) and cleanse from the inside of eye (medial canthus) to outside
of eye (lateral canthus) using one movement only, then discard cotton ball
and repeat procedure again until eye clean.
If blocked lacrimal (tear) duct:
This may clear spontaneously in time.
Continue to cleanse eyes.
Consult Doctor if:
Conjunctiva becomes red.
Discharge becomes green – infected.
Sticky eyes persist.
Baby generally unwell.
Amount of discharge increases.
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