Blocked Tear Duct Newborn Massage __hot__ Direct

Seeing gunk in your beautiful baby’s eye is stressful, but a blocked tear duct is usually a plumbing issue, not an emergency. With a clean finger and the "C to Q" massage technique, you can often fix it at home.

Take a deep breath. In the vast majority of cases, that sticky yellow discharge is simply a (medically known as nasolacrimal duct obstruction ). It is incredibly common in newborns, affecting up to 20% of babies. blocked tear duct newborn massage

If you look at your newborn and notice one eye (or both) constantly looking wet, goopy, or crusty, your first instinct might be panic. Is it an infection? Is it pink eye? Seeing gunk in your beautiful baby’s eye is

Babies aren’t born with fully developed plumbing. Tears need to drain from the eye down through a tiny tube (the tear duct) into the nose. In newborns, that tube often has a thin membrane blocking the exit. The massage helps pop that membrane open naturally. In the vast majority of cases, that sticky