Conjunctivitis. This term in medicine refers to inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eyeball. Does the child have a festering eye? Increased lacrimation observed? Are eyelids swollen and reddened? Most likely, the reason is in conjunctivitis.
A disease in which a child’s watery eyes can be caused by a virus (this type of conjunctivitis often occurs in the presence of acute respiratory infections, flu, and other colds). Another common pathogen is bacteria (staphylococcus, streptococcus, pneumococcus). Often, the cause of conjunctivitis is an allergic reaction (for example, to plant pollen or animal hair and saliva) or weakened immunity. Most often, the child's eyes are festering precisely because of bacterial conjunctivitis. The disease can be identified by such a sign as abundant purulent discharge, sticking together the eyelids of the baby and forming yellow crusts upon drying.
Infection with infectious conjunctivitis can occur in the womb. In addition, the baby can get an infection while passing the birth canal, so expectant mothers should carefully monitor their health. If the eye is rotting in a child six months old, the cause is most likely insufficient care, poor hygiene, or contact with an infected person.
Regardless of the way in which the child became infected, conjunctivitis definitely needs to be treated. However, do not try to do it yourself, be sure to show the baby to the optometrist. To get rid of the disease in which the child's eye is festering, a comprehensive treatment is needed, which includes a number of procedures. This includes regular eye washings with tea, chamomile, or furatsilinom, as well as the use of special eye drops with a calming effect. In especially severe cases, the doctor may prescribe special antibacterial ointments (they are usually laid over the eyelid for the baby) or antibiotics. It should be emphasized that if pus is secreted from only one eye, both still need to be treated, because the infection is very easily transmitted.
The reason that the eye is festering in a child can be a disease such as dacryocystitis. It is characterized by the inflammatory process in the lacrimal sac and is characteristic of children who, at birth, for some reason did not open the lacrimal canal (passing through it, the tears wash away the microorganisms, if this does not happen, the bacteria accumulate in the corner of the eye and provoke suppuration). Often, the inflammatory process is caused by a gelatinous plug blocking the lacrimal canal.
In order to cure dacryocystitis, regular eye washings and massage of the lacrimal canal will be required. For washing, you can use ordinary tea leaves and chamomile tea - this is enough to kill germs. Massage is to do six to ten pressures several times a day in the direction from the outer corner of the eye to the inner. In this case, a small amount of pus should be released from the palpebral fissure. If this does not happen, you are doing something wrong. After each procedure, the eyeball must be thoroughly washed. As a rule, after a couple of weeks the symptoms completely disappear.