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My two year old girl has mucus in her eye and her eye runs.
Sent to Health Experts February 03 08:24 PM

My two year old girl has mucus in her eye and her eye runs. She wakes up and her eye is shut dry and I have to gently wipe the hard stuff off. Its only one eye. I know some people wake up with mucus in their eye and all but is this normal, or is there something else I should be looking for?

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Female , Age: 2

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wiping it.

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February 3 8:29 PM (4 minutes and 41 seconds later)
         
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Generally if this is one eye it indicates viral infection where antibiotics won't help this. You can hold a warm compress to her eye when she wakes up. Also if you want, you can get some chamomile tea (make a cup as if you were going to drink it) let it cool till warm.. take a cotton dip in the tea and wash her eye out with this from the inside out. (always use a new cotton ball) and repeat this... this will generally help as well on this and it does feel good since the eye is irritated.

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February 5 8:39 AM (1 day and 12 hours later)
         
How do I wipe a two year olds (just turned two yesterday)eye from the inside out?
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February 5 8:41 AM (2 minutes and 4 seconds later)
         
Reply to Lindie's Post: How can I possible wipe my two year old(just turned two) eye from the inside out? I almost have to hold her down just to wash her face. And it won't stop that hard stuff from crusting on her eye like glue.
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February 5 9:17 AM (35 minutes and 39 seconds later)
         
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No, not inside out.. from the nose area to the check. from the inside corner to the outside corner. As far as the crust, you need to hold a warm wash cloth on her eye until it softens it up.
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