my ds still has a gungy eye where his tear ducts not working properly

[juicychops]

my DS still has a gungy eye where his tear ducts haven't started working properly. both eyes were like it when he was born but one got better after a week. any one else have the same problem? the doc said it will clear up eventually... will it?

[charellie]

One of my twins had this. Her eyes were constantly gunky for weeks and then on and off for a couple of months I think. I used to bathe them in cooled boiled water and cotton wool.

[hunkermunker]

DS had this - his eyes were both gungy for a while. I used breastmilk to clear his - worked a treat.

[PotPourri]

Try cooled boiled water with a small amount of salt in it. Or buy saline solution at hte chemist. DD has a gungy eye on adn off, adn I do it at every nappy change when she has it. It usually clears really quickly.

[HappyMumof2]

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[artyjoe]

My baby had it for a week...doctor told me to massage gently under the eye from right to left to bring gunk to the surface, lots of gunk but gone in 7 days.

[morocco]

if the eye is actually infected then antibiotic drops, breastmilk and saline solution will help - but if the tear duct is still blocked then you might well get lots of yellow gunk every day that can't drain away - that will stay until the blocked duct gets wider as he gets older. My ds is 13 months old and I have to clean his eye several times a day but it is not actaully infected as the eye itself doesn't look red and the gunk isn't so sticky. I don't bother with the anitbiotic drops anymore as it's not good to use them too often - every now and then I do massage though as this is supposed to help open up the tear duct;
hth