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Why Is One Eye Bigger Than The Other In A Child?
hi doctor!! when my baby was 7 days old shw had some infectio in her left eye. as per doctors advise we were puting the prescribed eye drops in her left eye only. but now i m noticing that that her left eye is slightly bigger than right one. (she is now 5 months) does eye drops is the reason for different eye size?
Mon, 27 Mar 2017
is eye bigger means is eye coming out that is called proptosis if it is one side then usually it is infection it could be osteomyelitis of underlying bone then with eye drops infection could not resolve
is she gaining weight adequately up to age or any failure to thrive symptoms are there(wt below 10 centile of age,ht below 10 centile)is there any blood discharge is there any pus discharge?if pus get a culture and treat specific organism if any bloody discharge with failure to thrive symptoms am sorry mam it could be neuroblastoma or histiocytoma.
is she gaining weight adequately up to age or any failure to thrive symptoms are there(wt below 10 centile of age,ht below 10 centile)is there any blood discharge is there any pus discharge?if pus get a culture and treat specific organism if any bloody discharge with failure to thrive symptoms am sorry mam it could be neuroblastoma or histiocytoma.
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