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serious baby question: yellowish eye discharge

Pennylane824Pennylane824 member
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So DD has a cold and is really congested and I've also noticed some crusty, gunky yellowish eye discharge. Anyone else have this? We've got a call into the pedi.
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Re: serious baby question: yellowish eye discharge

  • Lucky428Lucky428
    Poor thing!  DS has had a cold before but never any discharge.  Hopefully the pedi can help her out!
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  • htomeohtomeo member
    I would put a call into the Pedi. They can give you eye drops that should clear it up in a day or two. (depending on how goopy)
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  • Pennylane824Pennylane824 member

    imagehtomeo:
    I would put a call into the Pedi. They can give you eye drops that should clear it up in a day or two. (depending on how goopy)

    yeah, her eyes don't look too red but my concern is conjunctivitis.

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  • tsoystertsoyster

    Yup.

    First time, clogged tear duct.

    Second time with her cold.  Pedi said just to use a warm wet cloth to clean it when it got goopy.  He wasn't concerned.

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  • htomeohtomeo member
    imagePennylane824:

    imagehtomeo:
    I would put a call into the Pedi. They can give you eye drops that should clear it up in a day or two. (depending on how goopy)

    yeah, her eyes don't look too red but my concern is conjunctivitis.

    Willis never had red eyes either. Just lots of goop. I also agree with the warm wet wash cloth.

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  • MrsBeckOMrsBeckO member

    DD had conjunctivitis a while ago and it wasn't just yellow goop - she would wake up with her eye crusted shut and the whites of her eyes were RED. It was awful.

    Sounds like what I have heard called "allergy eye" that can accompany colds/severe congestion.

    Def talk to the pedi though to be sure! And ditto the warm wash cloth rec. 

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  • HeyyRedHeyyRed
    Could be a blocked tear duct. Luke had this for the first 3 months or so. I would just use a warm cloth to wipe away. You can also use Collodial Silver which is anti bacterial and available from the health food store. They are drops.
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  • Pennylane824Pennylane824 member

    Thanks ladies... Pedi said the same thing, just keep doing what we're doing by wiping it with a warm wash cloth and let him know if she wakes up with her eye crusted shut or it gets red. He thinks it is either the tear duct or a symptom of the cold.

    I love that he calls right back and is so awesome no matter what our concern is.

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  • Tara&RyanTara&Ryan

    With my LO they gave me eye drops and said it was from the cold. After treating it for 2 days it went away. However, the next week it came back with her having a runny nose too. Other than that she seemed fine.

    My daycare lady had suggested I take her in  to the pedi because her son always had an ear infection when is eyes were goopy. Sure enough, she had a double ear infection!! The Pedi was surprised that DD didn't have a fever or fussiness too.

    So my recommendation is take her in to get checked out. GL!

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