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My baby, who's 4 months old, has dacryocystitis. I live in Moscow, Russia, and doctors here recomend eye surgery (it is a commonCommon cold practice here). I've been making eye massage for all this time (it started since birth), I also water eyes (both of them have pus) with antiseptic (not antibiotics, though I used them in the beginning).
I need your advise, please. Does my daughter really need a surgery here? Or can we wait until it goes away by itself? Or is it dangerous to wait, while her eyes have pus? (not extremely much of pus, but still it exists). The reason why I ask you -
I heard that in other countries doctors recomend to wait and not to use surgery for babies under 1 y.o.
JCH III MD