Sometimes when our eyes itch, we will knead them with our hands unconsciously. In fact, it is very unhygienic to knead our eyes with dirty hands, which will bring some bacteria into our eyes and cause eye inflammation. Sometimes we will knead the sand on our hands into our eyes. Rubbing eyes with hands is very harmful. However, in life, we often see babies rubbing eyes. Some of them are sleepy, and some moms can't figure out the reason. When it's serious, babies will rub their eyes with red blood. Why do babies love rubbing their eyes?
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Why babies love soft eyes:
The reason why babies love to rub their eyes
Allergic conjunctivitis
In spring, flowers are in full bloom, and some pollen will float in the air. Children with allergic constitution are prone to be infected with 'allergic conjunctivitis'. In addition, newly decorated rooms, seafood, indoor carpets and so on will also emit a lot of allergens, leading to the baby's "hit". Allergic conjunctivitis is characterized by mild conjunctival congestion without other obvious symptoms, which rarely attracts the attention of parents, while eye discomfort and itching often lead to frequent eye rubbing.
Solution: to prevent allergic conjunctivitis, the best way is to cut off allergens. If you take your child out for an outing, it's best to protect the allergic child, such as wearing a mask and avoiding contact with allergens. In addition, the dust mite is also the main allergen in the home. It is necessary to clean and replace the bed sheet, quilt cover and pillow towel in time. In addition, there is a large amount of floating dust in the air in spring, and the number of small flying insects also begins to increase. Baby rubbing eyes may be caused by fine particles such as dust or flying insects entering the eyes, which should be noticed by parents in time. If the baby is allergic, see a doctor in time, ask the doctor to diagnose the allergen and take appropriate medication.
The reason why babies love to rub their eyes
Sleepy or crying
Many babies will rub their eyes when they want to sleep, and they will fall asleep soon. This is completely normal, and mother doesn't have to worry too much. However, some babies will habitually like to rub their eyes when they are crying, playing or even eating. As time goes by, they will develop the bad habit of rubbing their eyes frequently. Frequent rubbing of their eyes may bring bacteria on their hands to their eyes and damage their skin around their eyes.
Solution: when the baby kneads his eyes because of crying, parents should timely use a soft tissue to wipe his tears and keep his eyes clean, which can reduce the chance of kneading his eyes and avoid the bad habit of kneading his eyes. Parents can also rub in front of the baby, take the initiative to touch the baby's face, at the same time, tell him a story to distract his attention.
The reason why babies love to rub their eyes
1. Inverted eyelash
When Baobao was born, the bridge of nose was relatively short and flat, the eyelid fat was more, the eyelid margin was thicker, it was easy to make the eyelashes roll inward, causing trichiasis. The baby's eyelashes grow longer and thicker with the increase of age. Due to the pull of the lower eyelid, the eyelashes grow inward. It is easy to contact the baby's eyeball, or even rub against the cornea. The baby will feel uncomfortable. In addition to rubbing the eyes, there will be photophobia, tears, increased secretions, etc.
Solution: inverted eyelashes phenomenon is more common, parents do not have to worry too much. If the inverted eyelashes are serious and often rub the cornea, parents should take the baby to the hospital in time. In general, parents are not recommended to cut their children's eyelashes, because the regenerated eyelashes not only keep the same direction, but also become thicker and harder. When the baby is about two years old, the eyelashes will naturally grow out, and the phenomenon of inverted eyelashes will slowly disappear.
2. Dry eye
With the popularity of electronic products, many baby's eyes are in a state of tension because they face the screen for a long time. Coupled with the alternation of spring and summer, the body moisture is more likely to be lost, resulting in insufficient tears in baby's eyes, dry itching, congestion, burning pain and foreign body sensation. At the same time, the baby will also appear photophobia, redness and other symptoms, serious cornea will become turbid and blurred vision, resulting in the baby often rub eyes, which is often called dry eye.
Solution: the most direct way to treat dry eye is to give the eyes' rehydration '-- daily vitamin a supplement. Vitamin A is the most important nutrient to maintain normal vision. It also has another name, anti dry eye vitamin. If the body lacks vitamin A, the eyes will appear dry, uncomfortable, lacrimal gland secretion decreased and other symptoms, serious cases will cause night blindness, dry eye disease. Vitamin A deficiency is also recognized by who as one of the four major nutritional deficiency diseases in the world. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the baby from visual problems and supplement vitamin A. from the 15th day of the baby's birth, a vitamin AD (such as ikosin, which is familiar to mothers) is taken every day. It can not only avoid the baby's eye diseases, but also ensure the healthy development of the baby's skeletal system and immune system. In addition, in daily life, parents should limit the baby's eye time, and avoid using eyes in strong light.
3. Skin eczema
When the baby suffers from eczema, the skin will feel itchy, especially when the skin around the eyes appears eczema, it is also easy for the baby to reach out and scratch.
Solution: the baby fed with milk powder is easy to suffer from eczema, which can occur in the neonatal period. It is heavier from 6 months to 1 year old, and gradually improves after 1 year old. If you want to avoid infant eczema, the best way is to choose exclusive breastfeeding. For babies with allergic constitution, it is best to add egg yolk, fish and shrimp food after 7 months. The baby suffering from eczema should avoid using strong alkaline soap to keep the skin clean; the baby's underwear should choose pure cotton products; the baby's clothes should not be worn too much, overheating and sweating will cause eczema aggravation; frequently cut the baby's nails to avoid scratching the affected area to prevent secondary infection.
Baby eye care:
Massage nasolacrimal duct a few weeks or even months after the baby is born, there may be yellow, sticky secretions in the corners of the eyes, which are usually caused by the obstruction of the lacrimal duct (that is, the nasal corner of the eye, below the small uplift). Parents can gently massage the lacrimal duct upward (toward the nose) 6 times a day to help the baby clean the obstruction.
To avoid the harm of TV, many medical experts suggest that children under 2 years old should not watch TV, and children between 2 and 5 years old should not watch TV for more than half an hour. But in real life, few parents can control the baby's TV time, which makes more and more children suffering from myopia, strabismus, amblyopia, and the age of illness is also getting younger and younger. Therefore, parents must not put the baby in front of the TV for convenience, which will cause great damage to the baby's eyesight.
To avoid eye injury, parents should pay special attention to the articles and decorations at home to prevent damage to the baby's eyes. Some articles with edges and corners should be padded. All sharp daily necessities, such as toothpicks, pencils, scissors, forks and chopsticks, should be carefully put away.
Avoid erosion of household detergents, pesticides, perfumes and other items should be carefully placed. Once it is found that the baby's eyes are injured by chemical substances, it should be washed with a lot of water immediately, which can shorten the time of chemical substances staying in the eyes and reduce the concentration, so as to minimize the erosion to the eyes. Therefore, in case of such emergencies, parents must be calm and calm, and never send them to the hospital without washing, which may delay treatment and cause lifelong death Sorry.
Foreign bodies such as insects and gravel enter the eye and most of them adhere to the surface of the eyeball. At this time, parents should gently hold the upper eyelid with their thumb and index finger, gently lift it forward and blow it into the eye to stimulate tears and flush the sand out. If this method does not work, let the baby look up first. Parents should gently open the baby's lower eyelid with their fingers to look for foreign bodies. They should pay special attention to the wrinkles at the junction of the lower eyelid and eyeball, where foreign bodies are easy to remain. If you find a foreign body, you can use a wet cotton swab or a corner of a clean handkerchief to gently stick it out. If there is a lot of dust in the eyes, rinse with clean water.
Supplement Lutein Lutein can effectively protect the retina from oxidative damage, and the human body itself is unable to synthesize lutein, so infants need to take enough lutein in the daily diet to protect the retina. Human milk is rich in lutein. To begin to eat complementary food baby, spinach, cabbage and other dark green vegetables are good choices.
When wiping the eyes correctly to help the baby take a bath, the parents should first dip some warm water with gauze and gently wipe from the head to the end of the eyes. Remember not to wipe back and forth, which will make the bacteria infect back and forth. When going out, if there is eye excrement or dirty things on the baby's eyes, it is recommended that parents wipe them with paper towel dipped in cold boiled water, or carry disinfectant wipes with them. Because the pocket handkerchief, small towel in helping the baby wipe mouth, hands and feet, may have adhered to some bacteria or dust, if you use to wipe the baby's eyes, bacteria will take the opportunity to enter the baby's eyes, causing infection.
Thoroughly clean hands in daily life, our hands will come into contact with different things, such as keys, coins, newspapers, doorknobs, faucets and so on, which may virtually adhere to some invisible bacteria, making babies with weak resistance sick. Therefore, parents must remember to wash their hands before playing with their baby.
Pay attention to the light. The light in the baby's room should not be too bright. The soft light will have a good effect on the baby's eyes and heart. When the baby is sleeping, parents should also remember to turn off the light. It's not a good habit to turn on the light to sleep. When carrying the baby out, parents can also prepare a small hat and handkerchief for the baby to cover the strong sunlight, so as to avoid the strong light stimulating the baby's eyes.