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Eye infection
My son has got eye infection kind of..there is slight redness and yellowish thing forming out , when he wakes up in the morning the eye is unable to open , we washed with hot water , no pain till now ..he's refusing to take drops what to do
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Should put drops
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give a good hot compress over the closed eye ( meaning take a neat cloth and put it in a hot water then squeeze it completely then place it over the closed eye lids for a ten mins )
do like this intially then put eye drops
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Dr. Saba Kausar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Preferab to put drops
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Dr. Awanjala Varshney
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
23 yrs exp
Aligarh
You can use eye ointment - Neosporin eye ointment at bedtime or whenever the baby goes to sleep at daytime.
Pull lower eyelid down and put small amount of the ointment ( size of a rice grain).
Rest continue with proper cleaning of eye at frequent intervals.
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Please consult online/ in clinic if problem persists.
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