My 14 month old DD has very puffy, leaky eyes - lots of discharge, they were hard to open this morning, etc. I feared pink eye; however there's absolutely no redness so I don't think it's that. She's had a very mild cough and a little bit of a runny nose, but this eye symptom is new to us for colds. Has anyone dealt with this? I have bad seasonal allergies but they didn't start until I was 10, could this somehow be allergy related?
Poor girl :-(.
Re: Help - Puffy, Leaky Eyes
my ds had a terrible case of pink eye in both eyes. They just poured out green and yellow goop. It was gross.
but they never turned red. in kids I think its more of a discharge
SOunds like pink eye, DD's eyes Never got red either, she just woke up one morning with nasty crusty eyes.
Once you get her to the doc and get her treated, change all of her sheets, and blankets out and wash them in Hot water, also make sure you disinfect all of the door knobs, phones, sink handles, etc. in your house, it is so nasty contagious. This helped keep H and I from getting it.
Is the skin puffy around the eye, more like a swollen eye? My lo had this and it was caused from a sinus infection that went untreated (obviously bc we didn't know he had one). My pedi said that infection is more serious than pink eye and he was put on antibiotics. DId you make an appt with your pedi? I don't think that could be allergy relatated.
***Twin fraternal girls born at 35w6d in 12/2008***