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What Causes Eye Infection?

Hi. My daughter is 7 months old. She has been getting eye infections. First she had a cold which was resolved but eye infection s still coming back. We took her for blood tests to check for allergies and got the results back yesterday.Her blood count came back normal. Allergy count is 28, they checked for all the come allergies, wheat, cats, dogs, yolk etc. and everything came back normal. Doctor said she definitely has an allergy and that I should give her Singulair and an anti-histamine for 2 weeks and then he wants to see her. I don’t understand why we cannot pick up what the problem is, don’t blood tests show everything?
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Hello. I just read through your question.
The most common reason for what you describe is a narrow tear duct. This often prevents appropriate drainage of tears and can lead to repeated eye infections. The technical name is Nasolacrimal duct obstruction. I recommend consulting with a pediatric Ophthalmologist about this problem. It is treatable and does resolve.
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What Causes Eye Infection?

Hello. I just read through your question. The most common reason for what you describe is a narrow tear duct. This often prevents appropriate drainage of tears and can lead to repeated eye infections. The technical name is Nasolacrimal duct obstruction. I recommend consulting with a pediatric Ophthalmologist about this problem. It is treatable and does resolve.