NCDR red eye rash?

Mandmeesh

About a week ago M had these tiny white bumps in the corner of his left eye, just under and over his eyelids, in the corner. Just a few. They would get red sometimes after rubbing. He rubs his eyes when tired. The last couple of days, instead of just the white bumps the area is red. It doesn't seem to bother him at all. No scratches or open skin, but obviously red. It's not affecting his eyeball at all. No discharge. There's no way I could get a picture of it. I put some breast milk on it today. It's not worse, but I don't think it improved either. Any ideas? MH is adamant about going to the pediatrician, but it doesn't look horrible to me. Obviously I'll take him if it's worse.

csspencer

Could it be a stye? My little sister used to gey them all the time, and I've had 4 in the 11 weeks since I had DS.

sarenu1

csspencer said:

Could it be a stye? My little sister used to gey them all the time, and I've had 4 in the 11 weeks since I had DS.

Forgot about this. If it is a stye, cotton balls with warm water to clean the area.

TJ1979

Coconut oil? It's antibacterial and antifungal.

Mandmeesh

I will do coconut oil today, @tj1979.  I'm not sure it's a stye since there are multiple tiny bumps, @csspencer and @sarenu1

sarenu1

Hope it clears up.

If not you could always give your doctor a call and ask the nurse if it's serious enough to warrent an appointment.

They don't charge us for calls and it's kind of nice not having to drag a child to the doctor for unnecessary visits.

Mandmeesh

sarenu1 said:

Hope it clears up. If not you could always give your doctor a call and ask the nurse if it's serious enough to warrent an appointment. They don't charge us for calls and it's kind of nice not having to drag a child to the doctor for unnecessary visits.

yeah, our pediatrician office allows calls too. I will do this if the coconut oil doesn't help

csspencer

I hope it goes away. Like pp said, it couldn't hurt to call the pedi.

zaraceligon

If the breast milk didn't help, is better to take your LO to the DC. The breast milk is antibacterial and is great for any kind of skins issues. Plus I don't think is a good idea to put anything around the eyes area, the area is very delicate that can get irritated very easy.