Clogged Tear Duct

[dmoney]

Good Morning,

Has anyone ever dealt with a clogged Tear Duct before?? I think DD has one, past two days her eye has been filled with goop. Looks like pink eye goop but her eyes are white as can be and she isnt in pain.  Wanted to know, if you have can it happen at 4 months?   Thanks!

[Widget123]

My DD had a clogged tear duct for over a year. Clogged tear ducts can happen shortly after birth or later on. The discharge she had was more pusy in appearance, not pink. Try cleaning with a warm cloth, massaging the tear duct, and applying breastmilk as frequently as needed. Most will go away from that.

[dmoney]

Oct 12, 2015 8:17:20 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

My DD had a clogged tear duct for over a year. Clogged tear ducts can happen shortly after birth or later on. The discharge she had was more pusy in appearance, not pink. Try cleaning with a warm cloth, massaging the tear duct, and applying breastmilk as frequently as needed. Most will go away from that.

Thanks!! I have some breaskmilk from Friday in the fridge that Hubby was going to send to day care today.  Should I have him use that on it? Or wait until I get home and put fresh on it?

[Widget123]

Oct 12, 2015 8:19:13 GMT -5 dmoney said:

Oct 12, 2015 8:17:20 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

My DD had a clogged tear duct for over a year. Clogged tear ducts can happen shortly after birth or later on. The discharge she had was more pusy in appearance, not pink. Try cleaning with a warm cloth, massaging the tear duct, and applying breastmilk as frequently as needed. Most will go away from that.

Thanks!! I have some breaskmilk from Friday in the fridge that Hubby was going to send to day care today.  Should I have him use that on it? Or wait until I get home and put fresh on it?

Either or is fine.

[dmoney]

Thank you ladies!! Dh is home with her until she goes to Daycare at lunch time. I asked him to put some of the BM we have in the fridge in her eye and to massage it. But my 34 year old husband is 100% groosed out by eyes, and refuses to do it. Looks like I am going to be doing this tonight and then waking her up tomorrow morning to do it again. I talked to my sister, just to see if she has had to deal with this in any of her 3 kids. Her youngest had it at birth and the doctor suggested shooting the BM straight from the source into her eye... dont know if my aim is that good, but looks like I am trying tonight!

[islandgirl14]

I echo what everyone else has already said! J had one for the first maybe 2 months, but has so far cleared up. We did lots of gentle massaging on the duct itself, and were also told a warm wash cloth as well. Good luck!

[veggiemo]

My LO had it in both eyes from birth up until 8 weeks. I would have to clean and massage both eyes several times a day and I would put breast milk in them as well. Actually, what I would do is (with very clean hands) dab some from my boob onto my pinky and then put my pinky in the corner of his eye near his nose. Literally the weekend he turned 8 weeks old, it just magically cleared up, thankfully! But don't be afraid to push into the corner of their eye to work out all that gunk. I used a muslin swaddle blanket and pressed firmly and wiggled at the same time. Gunk will just kind of ooze out, it's gross but you know it makes them feel better so that makes it easier!

[baytosa2013]

C had both of them clogged from birth until just about 2 weeks ago or so. They were both really goopy all the time and the Dr. said warm wash cloths, massage and an RX for Erythromyacin to prevent infection. We gave the daycare a clean cloth every day to use for her eyes. They finally just seemed to clear up about 2 weeks ago. It started slowly where I noticed I wasn't wiping as much and then daycare was sending home clean cloths and that was it...all gone.

[nchauhan]

Most of the time clogged ducts spontaneously resolve before the first birthday. But PP have all the right suggestions, especially massaging and trying to express stuff from the duct, clean warm compresses, and antibiotics if it's really really severe. If it's still clogged by the first birthday, they can surgically unclog and widen the duct and it's usually pretty painless.

[dmoney]

Thank you all so much!! I will update you tomorrow after I have done all of the below. I will see how bad her eye looks when I pick her up from day care in a little bit. Hopefully DH told them so they know what to expect and aren't to freaked out by it when she wakes up from her nap!

[ravinraven216]

I had one as a baby that had to be surgically corrected, but it was pretty severe (eye gunk would cover my face like a sleep mask). Hopefully cleaning and massage work for you.