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Blocked Tear Ducts
Published by: Southstar Drug
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...
Newborn Jaundice
Published by: Southstar Drug
We have seen babies in television commercials who reflect luminous and flawless skin making us imagine how our babies would probably have the same fair skin too! However, these things are not always true to life. Many normal, healthy newborns have a yellowish tinge to their skin or sometimes on the white of the eyes. This is known as newborn jaundice. Jaundice is one of the most common conditions that can affect newborn babies. It's estimated 6 out of every 10 babies develop jaundice, including 8 out of 10 babies born prematurely (babies born before the 37th week of pregnancy). However, only around 1 in 20 babies has a blood bilirubin level high enough to need treatment. The symptoms of newborn jaundice usually develop two to three days after the birth and tend to get better without treatment by the time the baby is about two weeks old. Other symptoms of newborn jaundice can include: yellowing of the palms of the hands or soles of the feet dark, yellow urine – a newborn baby's urine should be colourless palecoloured poo – it should be yellow or orange...
Chickenpox
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Just like the other viruses such as measles (rubeola), German measles (rubella), fifth...