You may see that your baby constantly has tears on her cheeks even if she is not crying and secretion in her eyes but without redness, so it is not a conjunctivitis.
It is a tear canal occlusion or obstruction of the tear canal in medical terms. Both or only one duct may be clogged.
It is a common disorder that usually occurs in children between two and three months of age. In most cases, performing a daily massage called "hydrostatic" and with correct hygienic standards is enough to unclog it. Otherwise, another type of treatment must be followed.
Hygiene is extremely important. You should wash your eyes several times a day with a different gasita for each eye soaked in physiological solution.
I know the case of the daughter of a friend who had this occlusion, which fortunately cured her alone, and the mother went everywhere with gasitas and physiological solution in single doses to clean her eyes. When the baby is born, the tear ducts are closed because the glands still produce very little tear fluid. It is around two or three months of life when they open spontaneously to allow the passage of tears.
The problem arises when the channels are very narrow and are easily obstructed or by the malfunction of the Hasner valve responsible for the passage of tears to the nose.
The proper massage, hydrostatic massage, is performed with the intention of stimulating the opening of that valve.
How to do it? Exert slight pressure with the tip of a finger from the tear to the nose, repeating on both sides a minimum of five times a day.
If in spite of strictly performing this type of massage for your baby for a few months the tear has not been unlocked, you should go to the pediatric ophthalmologist who will tell you what is the best treatment to follow, although many doctors recommend not doing anything until the first year of life.
If the problem persists, the most common is to conduct a survey, which is a very simple small intervention without risks or hospitalization.
