18month baby got poked in the eye.

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My 18th month baby girl was playing with a wrist watch, I think the band hit her left eye. its reddish on one part of the eye. not watering, but it irritates her a bit because she tries to rub it. right now i'm using TOBA an eye drop prescribed earlier by my paediatrician, when she was 6 months old. i bought it yesterday morning and have been giving her two drops each day.

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Dr. Arjun Kumar Singh

Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 45 yrs exp Patna

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I think she is having subconjunctival hemorrhage & it will disappear gradually within two weeks itself but as a precautionary measure you may use genteal eye drops 4-5 times along with Toba eye drops 4-5 times which you are already using.

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