This article will tell you how to provide first aid to the baby, if his eyes are festering and blushing, at home.

The eyes of 2, 3 months, one -year -old, two -year -old blushed, edema and festering the eye of a newborn: reasons, treatment of the house

Redness and purulent crusts in the eyes, swelling of the eyelids is a common problem that most babies face. Such symptoms should not cause panic in young parents, but only serve as a signal for their immediate treatment.

Important: normally, the eyes of the children should be clean, without regular yellowish discharge and crusts after sleep.

Fully of eyelids and purulent discharge in newborns and babies speak of the following possible diseases:

1. Conjucivitis - inflammation of the conjuncture of the eye of bacterial, viral and allergic origin.
2. Dacriocystitis is inflammation with the congenital obstruction of the nasosal canal, leading to staging tears in it and the reproduction of microbes.
3. Trachoma is a severe chronic infectious inflammation of the eyes, which is caused by bacteria of the genus of chlamydia. Without proper treatment, leads to blindness.
4. Barley is purulent inflammation in the hair bags of eyelashes.

Edema of the lower eyelids in a child

The reasons for the occurrence of ailments are diverse, and among them they distinguish:

• Incorrect hygiene. Very often, older kids scratch their eyes with dirty hands, thus bringing pathogenic microbes on the unprotected mucous membrane of the eye.
• Eye infection while passing through the birth canal. In infants born in a natural way, eyes can become inflamed due to infection with chlamydia, streptococci, E. coli. This happens if mom at the time of childbirth has infections of the birth canal. Cases of intrauterine infection are also known.
• Getting into the eyes of small foreign bodies (cilia, litter, dust). The allocation of pus and increased tearfulness in this case is the method of the body to cleanse the organism in a natural way.
• Congenital reduced cross -country ability. This reason is characteristic of newborns.
• Supervision of the eyes in newborns may also be the result of the preventive instillation of albucide.
• An allergic reaction of the body.
• Redness, swelling and purulent discharge from the eyes often accompany the flu and SARS.

When these symptoms appear, it is necessary to contact an ophthalmologist as soon as possible to find out their cause and prescribe competent treatment. However, if operational medical care is not available, traditional medicine comes to the rescue.

Important: the use of folk remedies is aimed at removing discomfort in inflamed eyes and alleviating the condition of the child. They are recommended to be used in combination with traditional treatment.

The correct and timely treatment is the key to the speedy recovery of the child. That is why it is important to know how to properly help the baby on his own at home.

Temperature, snot, cough, cold, acute respiratory viral infections and the child’s eyes fester: what to do?

Often ARVI and influenza are accompanied by conjunctivitis of viral nature. A weakened organism overflowing with viruses cannot withstand the infection of the mucous membrane of the eyes. Purulent discharge in this case is more liquid, mucous membranes, and are accompanied by the following signs:

• Increased body temperature
• Runny nose
• Cough
• Tearfulness
• Crusts in the morning in the morning
• There is sometimes photophobia
• Carving in the eyes
• Bad appetite
• Reduced activity

Viral conjunctivitis is very contradictory, so for hygiene the child should be used by a separate towel. Such means such as::

• drops "Half -Dodan"
• drops of ophthalmoferon
• tebroferon ointment
• florentine ointment in a concentration of 0.25%.

These drugs should be used in conjunction with drugs prescribed for the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections or colds.

The child has an ear and fester his eyes: what to do?

Pain in the ears and purulent discharge from the eyes can accompany diseases such as:

1. SARS, flu
2. Average otitis media
3. Sinusitis
4. Increased adenoids

Ways to combat such unpleasant symptoms will be primarily dictated by the causes of their occurrence.

Inflammation of the middle ear, or otitis, can provoke the development of bacterial conjunctivitis. The selection of drugs for treatment depends on the type of pathogenic microorganism, which the doctor will help to determine. The following funds will help to alleviate the condition of the child:

• ear anesthetic drops Otipax
• disinfectants: Tobrex, Vitabakt
• antibiotics as prescribed by a doctor.

At  unbearable or chronic sinusitisshooting pain can be given to the ear and accompanied by suppuration in the eyeball. The child also complains about the inability to move his eyes normally, pain when pressed on the eye sockets, while there is a general weakness and sometimes an increase in body temperature. Antibacterial agents will help to cope with unpleasant symptoms:

• sulfacil-sodium eyes
• tetracycline ointment
• ear drops Otipax.

Increase adenoids The child says that an infection has settled in them. Without proper treatment, bacteria through blood vessels affect neighboring organs, including visual organs. Therapy in this case consists in the surgical treatment of overgrown pharyngeal tonsils and the use of antimicrobial eyes for the eyes:

• drops of Levomycetin
• drops albucid

In the morning, in the morning after sleep, eyes are festering: how to treat at home?

If suppuration of the eyes occurs in a newborn, then the cause may be poor patency of the lacrimal canal and the dacryocystitis that arose as a result. Parents need to regularly massage the canal and the internal corner of the eye to facilitate the condition of the baby.

Massage technique for dacryocystitis

In older kids, regular pus in the morning after sleep may talk about a beginnings conjunctivitis. In order to prevent the disease to develop, you need to provide first aid to the eyes at home. To do this, use:

• eye washing with a weak solution of furatsilin (1 tablet per 0.5 liters of boiled warm water)
• drops of Vigamox
• Tetracycline ointment

The ointment must be laid at night, beyond the lower eyelid, in order to reduce the formation of pus during night sleep.

Eyes fester when teething: how to treat?

Teething is a long and restless process for most babies, which is sometimes accompanied by suppuration of the eyes for the following reasons:

• Taking anxiety and discomfort, the child often begins to scratch his eyes with his hands, including dirty. Thus, an infection is introduced.
• The teething of teeth causes swelling and swelling of not only the gums, but also the mucous membranes. Clear fabrics overlap the nasopharyngeal canal, which leads to stagnation of tears, and, as a result, to tearfulness and acidification of the eye.

The first aid of the parents of the house in this case should be aimed not only at eliminating inflammation in the eyes, but also in the gums of the baby. Preparations will help to do this:

• anesthetic gel for gums Kalgel
• candles Viburkol
• gentamicin eyes, Tobrex

The eyes of a child at sea are fester: treatment

Rest at sea can be spoiled by unpleasant symptoms of eye inflammation in children. The reasons for this can be very diverse:

Clogging of a tearful canal with sand. It is recommended to rinse the channel several times a day with boiled water, until the puddle is formed behind the lower century, as well as massage the corners of the eyes.

Exposure to sunlight and glareit can lead to swelling of the eyelids and inflammation of the cornea. For treatment and prevention in this case, it is recommended to regularly wear sunglasses, as well as visiting the beach only in the morning and evening hours.

Irritation of the eye with sea water.With inflammation and suppuration of the eyes for such a reason, older children often encounter who like to dive and splash in water for hours. Masks and glasses for scuba diving will come to the rescue.

Injected infection. The spectrum of pathogenic bacteria and microbes at sea is very wide, and the ability to quickly seek medical help, as a rule, is absent. Therefore, you need to use more radical means:

• rinsing the eye gap with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. First you need to dissolve several crystals in a separate bowl, and then add the resulting solution dropped to a glass with clean boiled water until a pale pink color is obtained.
• antibiotic drops for the eyes of eubital.

Potassium permanganate solution in various concentrations

The child’s eyes are festering: how to treat folk remedies at home?

First aid for festering eyes can also be provided using available means of traditional medicine.

1. You can wash your eyes warm tea tea leaves.
2. Decoctions of healing herbs help relieve inflammation well: chamomile flowers and calendulas, the root of the alteen of medicinal. To prepare it, 2 tablespoons of the collection are poured with 200 ml of boiling water and heated in a water bath, and then insisted for 1-2 hours. The swab moistened in the solution wipe the eyes 3-4 times a day.
3. At night you can bury the purchased in the pharmacy aloe juice.
4. A decoction of caraway seeds (1 tbsp), plantain leaves (1 tsp), tsvetkov Vasilka (1 tsp) and 200 ml of boiling water. The solution must be filtered, cooled and instilled 3 drops 4-5 times a day.

Important: instilled in the eyes of breast milk! A sweet liquid with a high content of organic substances is an excellent environment for the development of microorganisms, and not a therapeutic agent.

Do not forget that any treatment - medication or traditional, will be more successful if you observe a number of simple rules and recommendations:

• Any manipulations with inflamed eyes should be done with clean hands and sterile cotton swabs or gauze.
• You need to wipe not only infected, but also a healthy eye.
• Use separate tampons for each eye.
• Instillations are made only after removing purulent crusts.
• The temperature of the drugs used should be comfortable for the baby, about 37 degrees Celsius.

Healthy eyes of the baby

The treatment of suppuration of children's eyes and edema of the eyelids can be considered successful if not only unpleasant symptoms are eliminated, but also the very cause of their occurrence.

Video: Technique Lining ointment for the lower eyelid