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What Causes Red Spot In Eyes Of A Baby?

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Posted on Fri, 16 May 2014
Question: My 4 months baby got suddenly a red spot on his eyes yesterday. What can be the cause of getting these kind of spots suddenly. Is it any kind of allergy? What are the precautions we need to take. Please help us.
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Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (27 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
It appears like sub-conjunctival hemorrhage.

Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir,
Welcome to Health care Magic
Iam Dr. DADAPEER K, an ophthalmologist and I answer health problems related to eye.

It seems from the history that your 4 months old baby is having a presence of red spot which was sudden in onset.
This is most probably a spot of subconjunctival hemorrhage because of broken blood vessel in the conjunctiva resulting in accumulation of blood under the conjunctiva.
This is a common condition in children and is seen because of minor injury while playing or because of rubbing of the eyes.
No need to worry as this problem will not cause any problem. This will disappear over a period of 2-3 weeks slowly as the blood gets absorbed. No treatment is generally required.

If the child is having redness of eyes, watering, discharge then it indicates infection or allergy of the eyes and it requires treatment by the use of antibiotic eye drops or anti-allergic eye drops.

If possible you can send a photo of the affected eye so that I can confirm the diagnosis and advice treatment more accurately.

Hope I have answered your question and the information is helpful to you.

Thank you
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dadapeer K (1 hour later)
Thanks for the immediate response and brief explanation. attaching the photos of the baby. right eye was the affected one. Please check and confirm.
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Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (37 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
It is subconjunctival hemorrhage.

Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir,
Thank you for the follow up

I went through the photo,
It is sub conjunctival hemorrhage as I had told in the previous reply. No need to worry this will resolve over 1-2 weeks as it is very small. No need to worry and no treatment is required for this.

If the baby has symptoms like watering, discharge then you need to consult your eye doctor and need to use antibiotic eye drops. Otherwise no need to worry.

If you have any further questions do ask me.

Thank you

With regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dadapeer K (1 hour later)
Thanks for your reply.
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Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (15 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Thank you

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for writing to Health care Magic

With regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Causes Red Spot In Eyes Of A Baby?

Brief Answer: It appears like sub-conjunctival hemorrhage. Detailed Answer: Hello Sir, Welcome to Health care Magic Iam Dr. DADAPEER K, an ophthalmologist and I answer health problems related to eye. It seems from the history that your 4 months old baby is having a presence of red spot which was sudden in onset. This is most probably a spot of subconjunctival hemorrhage because of broken blood vessel in the conjunctiva resulting in accumulation of blood under the conjunctiva. This is a common condition in children and is seen because of minor injury while playing or because of rubbing of the eyes. No need to worry as this problem will not cause any problem. This will disappear over a period of 2-3 weeks slowly as the blood gets absorbed. No treatment is generally required. If the child is having redness of eyes, watering, discharge then it indicates infection or allergy of the eyes and it requires treatment by the use of antibiotic eye drops or anti-allergic eye drops. If possible you can send a photo of the affected eye so that I can confirm the diagnosis and advice treatment more accurately. Hope I have answered your question and the information is helpful to you. Thank you