Clogged tear ducts

Cvazquez8

my little one has had clogged tears ducts since she turned 3 weeks old she will soon be 3 months. Her ped keeps telling me to massage and it will go away but hasn't . Had anyone's lo had it this long?

Knbh

My little guy had both ducts clogged. One eye has cleared up completely (after about two months), but the other eye is still clogged.

On another note, I've had two different pediatricians tell me to put breastmilk in his eye 2x a day. If you BF, maybe you could try that as well. It sounded odd to me at first, but it actually clears up the gook better than a wet washcloth and it seems to help the irritation.

ashleymarie1027

Mine has one or the other eye clogged continuously for about the first 6-8 weeks. I have no clue what made it finally go away

PregsMcSnoozalot

Yup, 4 months and both are still clogged.  The right eye is super crusty/goopy 24-7 while the left eye is just watery.  Stinks!  I went to the eye doc but the doc wouldn't see me without doing a complete eye exam where they dilate his eyes and all that and the nurse said they never do the probe before 12 months unless there are serious infections happening, so I hightailed it out of there!  Also, they wanted $250 for that appointment!

lowen83

DS 1 had clogged ducts and after a few months of it doc gave us eye drops and it cleared right up with no other issues

Cvazquez8

Yes, I BF and have tried it and it hasn't worked .

PregsMcSnoozalot

lowen83 said:

DS 1 had clogged ducts and after a few months of it doc gave us eye drops and it cleared right up with no other issues

Whoa!  What kind of drops?!

Cvazquez8

It is annoying I just feel bad for my baby girl. She must be annoyed as well. I'm going to ask for eye drops hopefully that works

bewilderingstar

We got goopy eyes over here too. I pick the yellow crusties out from the corners of his eyes at least 3 times a day. Poor kid. He's getting used to it now and it is getting better. 

Ekg688

DD had one at 2 weeks, but its been totally cleared up for about three weeks now. Like PP said, massage, warm compress, and time. There can be severe cases where the baby is born w/o a tear duct and that's usually when surgery is needed to correct the problem. My pedi said antibiotics are a last resort and should really only be used if an infection is present. Time is really the best cure for a simple blocked duct.

rheard3582

Mines had it in both eyes from one week. One eye went away at 7 weeks the other around 3 months. I didn't do anything but keep it clean. Occasionally massage and breast milk in eye. My pedi said give it 6 months.

littlemissmarla

We had goopy eyes the first few weeks.. Pedi gave us a prescription for erythromicin (sp?), it was an ointment I had to put on the lower rim of her eyelid about 3x a day. It was a nightmare trying to put it in but it did clear it up.

BBColt78

Crusty eyes here too!