BTDT momns: blocked tear duct

It's gooey, he's tearing and tearing and the FREAKING dr told me this could last NINE MONTHS

They told me there was no meds to help this. Anyone else ever gone thru this? Any advice. I feel terrible for Ethan

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Posted by jxnoscar

It's gooey, he's tearing and tearing and the FREAKING dr told me this could last NINE MONTHS

They told me there was no meds to help this. Anyone else ever gone thru this? Any advice. I feel terrible for Ethan

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my dd had one. i dont think it really bothered her tho. i put warm compresses on it and it cleared up a lot faster then 9 months, she probably had it for a month or so at most.

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DS had this when we was about 3 months. the ped told me to massage the tear duct which i did. he didnt really have it that bad in the first place tho. but now almost 5 months its gone. he did tell me if it were still there at 1 year i would have to see a pediatric optomologist for a procedure to be done. GL!

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All three of my dc's had this. For my girls they cleared up on their own. For my son he had to have surgery at a year to unclog them and haven't had any problems since. Definitly try warm compresses and massage the area a few times a day.

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DS has it... it is still not totally unblocked at 14.5 months. It doesn't bother him at all, but the ophthalmologist told me it could lead to inner ear infections (even though he's never had one ear infection.) He's going to need the procedure done to puncture it, but I can't bring myself to schedule it. (he'll have to go under general)

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Both of my girls had it. DD#1 I don't remember when it cleared up but we had drops for her...same thing we're doing with DD#2...still using drops even though the eye is pretty much fine now. Sometimes it'll still get clogged. But for the most part at 5 months it's all gone.

My nephew had it BAD in both eyes for a year, then all of a sudden it just cleared up!

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Posted by steph7308

my dd had one. i dont think it really bothered her tho. i put warm compresses on it and it cleared up a lot faster then 9 months, she probably had it for a month or so at most.

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Both of our boys had this in the beginning - our ped recommended that if it was still blocked by the time they reached a year old, that we'd visit an opthalmologist.

For older DS, it went away on its own. For younger DS, he's only 4 mos old but it's still clogged so we are massaging it with warm compresses and keeping it clean.

I feel bad because I had the same problem when I was little -- it didn't go away so I had surgery at 10 mos old. I can't imagine how my mom went through that -- I'd freak if one of the boys needs the surgery but I guess it's fairly common and routine by now.

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Unfortunately at 18 months DS's is still not cleared up. The opthamalogist I took him too said not until 2 years old :(

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We were told it could last a long time too but it only lasted a few weeks at most.

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ds had it....... took a while, got better months later came back...

google to see the way to massage the area properly which should help - and wet cottonballs

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I feel your pain...sorry to say, but my dd at 13 mths still has it. We went to 2 opthalmologists and one said it won't clear up without surgery if it hasn't by a year. The other said it may with massage.

I do have to say that in the past few weeks it has gotten MUCH better. I have been delaying surgery because the options are to either do it while she is awake in a papoose or to put her under anesthesia. It seems like a traumatic thing to do while they are awake, but I can't bring myself to put her under.

They said we should wait to 14 mths and see. I hope your ds's clears up soon. The one Dr. did said she sees so many of these and only ends up doing surgery on like 1 in 20

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My son actually had the procedure today to open it up. His eye since birth would ooze, constantly run and when he would wake up it would be crusty. I would massage his tear duct but it never works. He was also getting an ear infection 1x per month. My ped said not until 9 months do they worry about it. Finally at his 11 month appt. my doctor sent me to Dr. Cossari in Port Jeff. He is a wonderful doctor. My son is now 13 months old and had the procedure at Mather hospital this morning. I cried more than him. His eye looks good and he was great all day. We'll see in the morning how it is.

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dd had both blocked, they opened up on their own but got super gooey right before (like I was freaked out thinking something was wrong "gooey".... ) just keep massaging it!

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ETA: he's 8 months old now. Same here. DS has it since birth. When he cries it gets gooyer and in the morning its so crusty that its hard to wash off. We are going to see Dr. Cossari next Monday for our first visit, which they want to dialate his eye and check him out. How is your son doing?

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DS#1 had it, we massaged his eye with warm cotton balls. It was gone by about 9 months

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DS had it in both eyes since birth. The right eye cleared completely by the time he was about 14 months. Hes now 19 months & the left eye is still blocked AND it is getting worse.

Coincidentally, we have an appointment with the pediatric optho tomorrow since my ped said that 19 months is going on way too long.

Im afraid of him having the surgery, but I've gotten a lot of positive feedback from other btdt parents.

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DD had this off and on when she was a newborn. There really isn't much you can do. We did warm compresses and gentle massages of the eye. Seemed to help a little, but mostly they grow out of it

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My DD had a blocked tear duct when she was a newborn. It cleared up within a week, maybe two, and she never had it again. It's very common with young babies and my ped said unless it's a persistent problem that extends past their first birthday there is nothing they do for it. Just use a warm washcloth to clean out the eye and hopefully in a few days it will clear up.

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Posted by steph7308

my dd had one. i dont think it really bothered her tho. i put warm compresses on it and it cleared up a lot faster then 9 months, she probably had it for a month or so at most.

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DS had a blocked tear duct from birth. It didn't bother him. It was just annoying that his eye was crusty especially after waking up.

Since it hadn't cleared by 9 months, we were referred to an eye doctor. He told us that there's a 50/50 chance of it clearing up by 1 year. If it doesn't clear up by then, DS would likely need minor surgery to fix it. I thought there was a strong possibility that he'd need surgery. I was completely shocked when it finally cleared up 2 weeks before his 1st birthday.