Community› The Bump Message Boards› Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Babies: 6 - 9 Months
New Discussion

Goopy eye?

lmpdjclmpdjc member
in Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Dylan has been out of sorts for the last couple of days.  I actually posted yesterday about how much he'd been sleeping.  This afternoon he woke up from a nap with the goopiest eye I have ever seen!  I kept wiping it and more and more yuck kept stringing out.  I'll cal the pedi tomorrow, but WDYT?
Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
Report Reply to Post

Re: Goopy eye?

  • Lynn1980Lynn1980
    Could it be pink eye??? Its highly contagious!
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
    Dez has this. I called the pedi 2 weeks ago and they diagnosed pink eye over the phone. (His eye wasn't puffy, swollen or red - just goopy). They prescribed drops and we used them. It seemed to get better, but a couple days ago it started up again. In fact, yesterday he woke up with a huge patch of dried gunk on the side of his face.  GL  Tell us what the pedi says. I'm thinking of calling again, too.
    Lilypie Second Birthday tickers Lilypie Maternity tickers ***This space reserved for photo of new squish***
    Report Reply
  • cobabymamacobabymama

    One thing Pedi's look for when you go in for a virus, is a goopy/crusty eye. Doesn't have to be pink eye, if he's been sleeping he might be coming down with a virus.

    DS always starts with a goopy eye before a cold. Always can call and ask a nurse.

    Report Reply
  • lmpdjclmpdjc member

    imageLynn1980:
    Could it be pink eye??? Its highly contagious!

    This is what I'm wondering, but his eye isn't pink/red just goopy.

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • cobabymamacobabymama
    imagelmpdjc:

    imageLynn1980:
    Could it be pink eye??? Its highly contagious!

    This is what I'm wondering, but his eye isn't pink/red just goopy.

    They start to think Pink eye when the eyeBALL itself is red, that means infection. Could be clogged tear duct, try massaging the corner of the eye with a warm washcloth or cotton ball.

    Honestly there isn't much they can do if it isn't pink eye.

    Report Reply
  • lmpdjclmpdjc member

    imageStrawberryAlarmClock:
    Dez has this. I called the pedi 2 weeks ago and they diagnosed pink eye over the phone. (His eye wasn't puffy, swollen or red - just goopy). They prescribed drops and we used them. It seemed to get better, but a couple days ago it started up again. In fact, yesterday he woke up with a huge patch of dried gunk on the side of his face.  GL  Tell us what the pedi says. I'm thinking of calling again, too.

    Yeah, I'll let you know what they say when I talk to them tomorrow, for sure.  I dread having to put drops in his eye, I highly doubt he'll be down with that in any way! Ugh!  Sorry to hear that your little guy is having problems, too.  Poor babies. :(

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • lmpdjclmpdjc member
    imagecobabymama:
    imagelmpdjc:

    imageLynn1980:
    Could it be pink eye??? Its highly contagious!

    This is what I'm wondering, but his eye isn't pink/red just goopy.

    They start to think Pink eye when the eyeBALL itself is red, that means infection. Could be clogged tear duct, try massaging the corner of the eye with a warm washcloth or cotton ball.

    Honestly there isn't much they can do if it isn't pink eye.

    This may make me sound stupid, but if it were a clogged tear duct, does that mean the tears wouldn't be able to flow out?

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • cobabymamacobabymama

    It means that the tears can't drain (to put it simply) so they get runny eyes, goopy, and yellow crusty.

    DS had clogged tear ducts since 3 weeks old, he then would get pink eye ontop of it (twice) we used drops, and surprisingly he did really well with them. However the drops didn't clear up the clogged tear duct.

    GL

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"