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Red, sticky & watery eyes
Blocked tear ducts, discharge and irritation: what settles on its own and what needs a look.
Watery eyes
Blocked tear ducts: what's normal, what's not
Most clear on their own by the first birthday, helped along by one gentle massage.
Red eyes
Pink eye in children: which kind is it, and what to do
A red sticky eye at 7am: how to tell what kind it is, and what needs a doctor.
Eyelid lumps
Styes and chalazia: the little lump on your child's eyelid
The lump looks dramatic. Nearly always it is a small blocked gland, and there is a calm plan for it.
Red, sticky & watery eyes
Why your child's bottom lashes keep brushing her eye
A lower-lid fold tips soft baby lashes inward, not the lid itself. Often there from birth, often nothing at all, and here is what actually helps.
Eyelid lumps
Sore, crusty eyelids in a child that keep coming back
Drops that work for a fortnight, then it returns. What recurring crusty lids in a child actually are.
Eyelid lumps
Ketumbit is not from peeping: where a stye really comes from
Not peeping, and not dirty hands either. What a ketumbit really is, and what actually clears it.
Watery eyes
Breast milk in a sticky eye: what the evidence says
Ancient advice with real research behind it, and one fact about a newborn's eye that settles it.
Red eyes
Red eyes after swimming: infection or chlorine?
Is it the chlorine or has she caught something? Which eye, how fast, and what comes out of it will usually tell you.
Red eyes
The itch that never goes away: allergic eyes in children
If it itches, it is usually allergy. What stops the rubbing, and when it needs a specialist.
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