DS3 has a blocked tear duct in one eye and it has been more or less constantly infected since birth. Initially they swabbed and said it wasnt infected so he had no treatment. I went back a month later as it was still gungy and they repeated that it wasn't infected as the eye was white despite the gunge coming out of it and didn't swab it. Took him back again as he had a sore patch where it had been continually weeping and was given antibiotic cream. Dr swabbed it then and phoned a couple of days later to say it was infected and put him on oral antibiotics. After a week the infection had gone, but one week later it was back and we were given drops. Cleared up again, but today it has returned, a week after we finished the drops.
Every Dr I have seen has said that they wouldn't refer him to opthalmology until he was a year old because the tear duct opens in the majority of children by then. However, I am concerned about the constant infections - he is 7 months old tomorrow and its still a long time to go to 12 months. I will have to go to the GP drop in tomorrow as our practice is shut and I'm not sure if they will just fob me off with more antibiotics. I'm just wondering if anyone has had this problem and what the outcome was.