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LO's eye

KriloloKrilolo member
in December 2013 Moms
My babe has a cold so he's getting a ton of eye boogers. It is only in one eye and I have realized its only ever been from that eye. I thought maybe the other had a clogged duct but its never been red or puffy or anything. In fact the gooey eye is the one that is red. Does this seem normal in your opinion or should I worry that only one eye is getting boogers?
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  • KriloloKrilolo member
    To clarify - his eyeball is not red but the skin around his eye is.
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  • greenbeanqueengreenbeanqueen member
    A clogged duct would cause eye boogers. The tears leave the tear duct and cleanse the eyes of the eye boogers. I would wash your hands and gently massage the red eye and see what you can do. If you bf maybe drip some milk into the eye. If it doesn't clear up call the dr.
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  • KriloloKrilolo member
    Thanks! I thought a clogged duct wouldn't produce anything. Glad I asked!
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  • swirl25swirl25 member
    edited March 2014
    LO had a clogged duct and her eye was constantly crusty and mucousy. I tried putting expressed BM and using a warm compress to massage and it only got marginally better, so the pedi prescribed an ointment that cleared it right up.
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    If it's green, it could be an infected clogged duct...we had one and just had to put some antibiotic ointment on the lash line a couple of times a day. His eye was red and swollen looking around the outside.
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  • BoothBabyBoothBaby member
    swirl25 said:

    LO had a clogged duct and her eye was constantly crusty and mucousy. I tried putting expressed BM and using a warm compress to massage and it only got marginally better, so the pedi prescribed an ointment that cleared it right up.

    Ditto all of this.
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  • LtpugsLtpugs member
    My LO has a clogged duct. It comes and goes. The eye gets watery and crusty... Sometimes the skin around it get red and irritated from rubbing it. But if the eyeball itself gets red you may have another issue. Warm wash cloth and massage should clear it up.
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  • FutureMrsCaesarFutureMrsCaesar member
    Ltpugs said:
    My LO has a clogged duct. It comes and goes. The eye gets watery and crusty... Sometimes the skin around it get red and irritated from rubbing it. But if the eyeball itself gets red you may have another issue. Warm wash cloth and massage should clear it up.
    Yep, all this.  2/3 of my kids had/have clogged ducts so I'm pretty familiar.  If you keep it clean the redness should go away in a day or so.  The mucous and boogers seem to come and go.
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