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Bottle-feeding
Published by: Southstar Drug
There are many moms out there who think of choosing the alternative to breast-feeding, and...
Thrush Talk
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When you see milk curds like inside the cheeks, on the roof of...
Baby’s Ear Infections!
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Ear infections are one of the most commonly diagnosed illnesses in children along...
Blocked Tear Ducts
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Have you already read the “Babies Sob Stories” that is featured in our Baby Tips section? If yes, you would probably have the ideas why our babies cry most of the time, the reasons behind it, and how to best soothe them. Truly, something could mean whenever our babies tear up! And whatever it is, we could say that tearing up is a sign of life; whereby our babies could actually feel something and able to communicate it too! However, cases like blocked tear ducts happen most often in babies, though they may occur at any age. They affect about 6 out of 100 newborns. A blockage along any point of this tear duct system is known as a blocked tear duct or dacryostenosis.Tears normally drain from the eye through small tubes called tear ducts, which stretch from the eye into the nose. If a tear duct becomes blocked or fails to open, tears cannot drain from the eye properly. The duct may fill with fluid and become swollen, inflamed, and sometimes infected. These are the following symptoms of a blocked tear duct that your baby might b experiencing: watering eye...