What s the matter with babies rubbing their eyes all the time

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What's wrong with babies rubbing their eyes all the time?

Babies always rub their eyes, most often because of eye discomfort.

Common causes of eye discomfort are as follows:

1.Allergic diseases: allergic conjunctivitis, allergic rhinitis and other diseases can cause babies to always rub their eyes, often have watery nasal discharge, nasal itching, nasal congestion, sneezing, accompanied by eye itching, conjunctival hyperemia and other eye symptoms.

2.Ocular inflammation: mainly acute and chronic conjunctivitis, catarrhal conjunctivitis in spring, etc., frequent blinking and rubbing of eyes due to eye discomfort such as itchy eyes and foreign body sensation.

3.Intraocular foreign body: Because the child loves to rub his eyes, he may rub some foreign objects on his hands into the eyeball, causing foreign bodies on the surface of the bulbar conjunctiva or cornea or fornix, or the foreign body will abrasion the bulbar conjunctiva and cornea.

4.Dry eyes: Dry eyes due to excessive tear volatilization due to the child's eyes being used for too long.

Parents should not prohibit the appearance of always rubbing their eyes, pay attention to whether there are tears, conjunctival hyperemia and other manifestations, and seek medical attention in time to find out the cause. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the hygiene and cleanliness of the household environment, open the windows frequently for ventilation, and use water vapor inhalation or salt water spray to relieve nasal discomfort at home.

This content was reviewed by Jia Junsong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital.

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When parents take care of their babies, they will find that the baby always rubs his eyes, and the first reaction is that the baby sleeps first. In fact, there are many reasons why the front wheel causes the baby to rub his eyes often, and if parents do not have a comprehensive understanding, they will ignore other reasons. So what's the deal with babies rubbing their eyes all the time?

1. Sleepy. Sleepiness is the biggest cause of the baby's eyes, when the baby is sleepy, he will make the action of rubbing his eyes. However, when the baby is sleepy, he will not rub his eyes too often, and it will be accompanied by yawning and other manifestations, and the baby will not rub his eyes when he wakes up.

2. Eye diseases. Babies are more active, and they often touch them with their hands, and they will come into contact with a lot of bacteria. If your baby likes to rub his eyes, there may be bacteria in his eyes that are infected.

After the eye is inflamed, there will be an itchy feeling, and Bao Tang likes to rub his eyes with his hands. Parents can observe the baby's eyes, if there is inflammation in the eyes, the whites of the eyes will be pink, and the discharge from the eyes will also increase.

3. Myopia. Nowadays, many babies like to play with mobile phones and watch TV, and the use of electronic products for a long time can easily lead to myopia in babies. After the baby is nearsighted, he will not be able to see things in the distance clearly, and will subconsciously rub his eyes.

Parents can usually observe the baby's eye behavior, if the baby puts the toy close to the eyes, watching TV is getting closer and closer, you need to take the baby to the hospital to check the eyesight.

4. There is a foreign body.

If dust or fine particles get into your baby's eyes, they will keep rubbing their eyes with their hands. After the foreign body enters the eyes, there will be discomfort, and when the baby rubs his eyes for this reason, parents must stop the baby. The bacteria on the baby's hands are relatively weak, and the more they rub their hands, the more uncomfortable they are.

Parents can wash their hands, then pinch the baby's eyelids and blow into the baby's eyes.

What's the matter with the child always rubbing his eyes, the child hasn't done anything these days, but always likes to rub his eyes. In life, we often see some babies who are sleepy and rubbing their eyes. But the child rubs his eyes not to sleep, and the mother often does not know what the reason is.

In severe cases, the child will rub the red bloodshot eyes, and if appropriate measures are not taken at this time, small problems can become big problems. Babies often rub their eyes for one of the reasons: the season, the environment.

Allergic conjunctivitis, whenever it blooms in spring, pollen always floats in the air, and for children with allergies, it is easy to contract allergic conjunctivitis. In addition, it also has a great impact on the living environment and food of children. Newly renovated living room, flowers and plants in the green area, fish in food, etc.

Especially for pets at home, the carpet is allergenic**, so children often "recruit halfway". Allergic conjunctivitis, in the absence of other noticeable symptoms, manifests as slight hyperemia of the conjunctiva and rarely attracts the attention of parents, but the eyes are uncomfortable and itchy, often caused by the baby's frequent eye rubbing. Children often rub their eyes, and moms shouldn't pay attention to the reason!

The mother's coping strategy, allergic conjunctivitis ** agent less, the effect is not good. The best way to do this is to block the allergen. When going out with children, it's best to protect children with allergies.

For example, wearing a mask, avoiding exposure to allergens, and removing allergens can reduce flare-ups. In addition, dust mites in the home are also major allergens, so clean and replace bed sheets, quilts, pillowcases, etc. in a timely manner. If your child has severe allergies and receives them promptly**, ask your doctor to diagnose the allergic antigen and take the medication as appropriate.

Reasons why children often rub their eyes: physiological reasons, sleepiness or crying: Many babies rub their eyes a few times when they want to sleep, and it doesn't take long for them to fall asleep.

This is completely normal. Mom doesn't have to worry too much.

Some babies also like to rub their eyes habitually when crying, playing or eating, and over time, they will develop a bad habit of rubbing their eyes frequently. If you rub your eyes often, you will bring bacteria from your hands to your eyes and damage your child's eyes. Coping strategies for mothers:

Children cry and rub their eyes, parents should not wipe their tears with soft tissues in time to keep the eye area clean, so as to reduce the chance of children rubbing their eyes and develop a bad habit of rubbing their eyes. Parents can also let their children rub their eyes, actively touch their children's faces, tell stories to distract them.

It may be that there is something in the baby's eyes, you can check it, and if you do it often, then you have to go to the hospital to check the baby's eyes.

It may be that the baby's eyes are more uncomfortable, and parents should pay attention at this time, and they can take the child to the hospital for a check-up to see if there is something in the child's eyes.

It may be that the child's eyes are particularly dry, or the child is on fire, or the child feels sleepy, so he will rub his eyes frequently.

If the child always rubs his eyes, this habit is particularly bad, parents should still pay attention to it, find that the child has rubbing the eyes, take the child to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, it is possible that the eye rubbing will cause serious damage to the eyes during the eye rubbing. If it is serious, it will make the condition of the eyes particularly uncomfortable, so the mother should pay attention to these behaviors of the child. It is possible that the child's eye rubbing is caused by allergies, and in severe cases, it will make the eye condition particularly uncomfortable.

Therefore, mothers should pay attention to these behaviors of their children and help them change.

The eyes are a relatively important part of the body, so you should not ignore it, especially the process of rubbing the eyes with your hands, which may be conjunctivitis. Although conjunctivitis is a relatively common disease, it is relatively bad in the whole development and can cause redness of the eyes, so you must take the best measures. The mother should pay attention to the child's action dynamics, rubbing the eyes is a very bad habit, should help the baby to relieve it, and use a gentle towel to compress the eyes.

Especially when children are crying, or when they are in a bad mood, they always like to rub their eyes, resulting in red and swollen eyes. This will cause great harm to the baby, parents still can not ignore this phenomenon, take the child to do a comprehensive examination and **. It is possible that the child's eyes are not particularly comfortable, ** can help the child to relieve, otherwise the vision will also be damaged.

Pay attention to your child's daily habits, some babies may like to rub their eyes when they are sleepy, and some babies may like to rub their eyes when they are crying. Pay attention to the child's sleep time, if it is not enough, there will be a state of rubbing the eyes, and the baby should be advised to fall asleep quickly. If you rub your eyes, it will cause more damage to your eyes, and you should tell your child that the consequences are very serious.

I hope that every parent should be serious and responsible for their children, so as to alleviate the symptoms of discomfort in the child's body and also help the child to solve it.

It may be because the child's eyes are uncomfortable, and you should take the child for a check-up at this time, because the child's eyes are particularly fragile and various symptoms may occur at any time.

It means that the child is on fire, and the child should be given more hot water, or it may be that there are some bad things in the child's eyes.

It may be that the eyes are relatively dry, the ambient temperature is too low, or it is too hot, and the eyes are uncomfortable, and the child will rub his eyes.

What should I do if my baby keeps rubbing his eyes? Newborn children may have birth tract infections, conjunctivitis, or eye problems due to allergies. Let's take a look at what mothers should do when facing these problems.

1. Conjunctivitis

In babies with conjunctivitis, the whites of the eyes look pink, and in severe cases, the eyelids and eyelashes are glued together by the discharge. Your baby may like to rub his eyes at this time because the inflammation makes his eyes itch.

1. Take the baby to the doctor, and use some antibiotic eye drops or eye ointment according to the diagnosis.

2. Conjunctivitis is very contagious, so once the baby suffers from this disease, it is necessary to pay attention to isolation from other babies.

3. At the same time, mothers should pay attention to the usual eye cleaning and care of their babies.

2. Spring allergies

In spring, the baby's itchy eyes are often caused by allergies, also known as "allergic conjunctivitis", and older babies are more common. It is manifested as mild conjunctival hyperemia, which generally does not affect vision, so it rarely attracts the attention of the mother. However, eye discomfort and itchiness often cause babies to rub their eyes.

1. Try to keep the baby away from allergens in order to effectively ** allergic eye disease and prevent the baby from rubbing his eyes due to eye discomfort.

2. **There are fewer syrups for allergic conjunctivitis, and the effect is not very good, only isolating and eliminating allergens can reduce the attack.

3. In addition to taking the baby to seek medical attention in time, the mother should also look for obvious allergens in the living environment, such as newly renovated rooms, flowers and plants in green areas, fresh fish in food, etc.; Especially at home. Pets, carpets, will emit a lot of allergenic substances.

What should I do if my baby keeps rubbing his eyes?

3. Neonatal birth canal infection

Sometimes, some newborn babies will have a little eye droppings, which is mainly caused by an infection through the mother's birth canal during childbirth. After birth, if the mother cleans the baby's eyes every day, these eye droppings will disappear after a few days to avoid causing more serious symptoms.

1. Before starting to clean the baby's eyes, clean the mother's hands thoroughly.

2. Use a piece of clean cotton yarn and moisten it in cold boiled water or breast milk (because breast milk contains antibodies against infection).

3. Wring out the excess water in the cotton yarn and clean the baby's eyelids from the inside to the outside.

4. Use another piece of clean cotton yarn to clean the baby's other eye in the same way.

The above is a detailed introduction to what to do if your baby always rubs his eyes, I hope it will help you. Tips: If you have symptoms of the disease, you should seek medical attention immediately, and you must not procrastinate, so as not to delay the best time.