Chalazion in Toddler

[jessia]

My two year old has a pea sized chalazion on her lower right lid for 2 months.  We saw a  pediatric opthamologist who gave us the option of surgery or doing nothing.  I am wondering what the risks are to not having it removed?  It is really not a bother to her and cosmetically it is only noticeable when looking at her from the side.  We were not at all consistent about compresses initially, but have been doing them at least twice daily now.  Is it too late for us to try this therapy?  Should we try steriods prior to a surgical intervention? Thank you

[mahi0]

Dear Dr,
Hello
It's been 6 month since we noticed a chalazion in my baby's upper right eye & it's becoming more noticable,  i don't know what to do. Would u kindly recommend me what I should do to getvrid of it.
It would mean a lot to me if u get back to me.
Thank u.

[Ashbruce1]

Hello dr. I never post online or anything, but this really was something that scared me and my husband lastnight. My 3 yr old daughter has 1 chalazion on each eye, theyve been there for about 1 month, i do warm compress 3 times a day, followed by antibiotic eye ointment, and they have been draining lately. The first time there was lots of puss filled blood coming out, and the bump deflated a bit, and ever since that they drain a little bit more every other day, but lastnight is what my main concern is. Shes been sick with the flu so shes been throwing up, and lastnight when she was vomitting, she was holding it in running to the bathroom, and when she looked back up at me, both her eyeballs were filled with blood!! Really red dark blood. It litterly looked like she was crying out blood tears. Ive never seen anything like this in my life, me and my husband were both on the verge of fainting while we were trying to calm my little girl down. It was unbelievably scarey. I have a appointment to see her dr tomorrow. But where i live i dont have the access to a eye doctor, so thats why i would like to ask someone else. Once she was alright, and i cleaned up her eyes, got all the blood away...and ohhh my gosh there was lots! I noticed that where the chalazions have been draining from. That little cut was open, and there was still a little bit of blood coming out. So i kinda came to the conclusion myself that all that blood came from her chalazions. So my question is, is that normal? Has this happened to anyone else? Because i searched everywhere on google, and couldnt find ANYTHING like it! Im soooo scared, and cant get the image out of my head!

I hope to hear back soon.
Thanks for listening
-Ashley

[Juscor]

Hi Ashley, that actually happened to my little one the other day, blood came out. How’s your little one now any updates? Did it clear up since it’s been few years?

[vandiegurl1984]

Dear Dr. Hagan,
     My 3 year old daughter has been having recurrent chalazia for the last 8 months. I have been to several opthamologists, all of whom tell me the same thing: it's merely an overproduction of oil by the meibomian gland that's getting trapped in her pores and causing the unsightly chalazia, and that "a tincture of time" will resolve everything. I've been doing everything they've suggested: warm compresses 3 times a day, washing her eyelid margins with baby shampoo twice a day, and giving her 2 tsps. of flaxseed oil for months now, and nothing seems to help. One doctor prescribed erythromycin (which did nothing) and a few weeks later, another doctor prescribed neomycin and polmyxin b ointment. This did reduce the size of the 3 lipogranulomas in her left eye (the eyelid is still a bit swollen); however, two more showed up on the opposite eye two days later, even though I'm consistently treating both eyes. Is there anything else you can suggest I try? I really feel defeated because no matter what I do, I can't seem to get these chalazia under control, and it breaks my heart the way people look at her when we're out in public. Thank you so much for your time.  

[Juscor]

Hi. Did it ever resolve, my daughter is going through the same thing

[epcallaghan]

My 4 year old son has had a chalazion for 4 months. It has gradually grown in size so that it is half the length of his lower eyelid and sticks way out from his face. A few days ago I noticed the top of the chalazion was white like a pimple coming to a head and now it has ruptured and is oozing. It is a rather large open wound and looks almost like the chalazion is almost sticking out of his skin. Is this normal? I am at a loss as to what to do. We have done the warm compresses, drops, ointment and SteriLid cleanses. What do I do? It is a constant battle to get him to constantly be warming his eye and cleaning it.

[Juscor]

Did it ever clear up? How is he now, I have that problem with my 4.yo

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

As you can see from review of this discussion thread it is a common problem. It is unlikely you will get a response from prvious posters as old discussion. However the advice still stands. If there is something unusual then start a new discussion

[cheerupbuttercup]

My daughter too has had chalazions since she was a year old. Some seem to not amount to much and disappear quickly while one that was very large had Tobramycin and Dexamethasone prescribed for it. Eventually it just becomes huge and pops (this one in particular took 7 months). Essentially they are just eye pimples. Our Ophthalmologist advised us that the last thing you would want is surgery and that chalazions usually just go away on there own. He also advised to not use antibiotics unless absolutely necessary and to eat a healthy diet... It can be frustrating in an aesthetic sense and you have to have patience. We are still dealing with these little buggers but keeping the eye area free of "eye snot" seems to help... not like a 21 month year old really enjoys have her face washed in general! The only thing our doctor told us to watch out for was signs of infection.

[mommy2anya]

We are going to go through this too, I think. Thanks for the insight...V helpful to know that the last resort wasn't so bad...!!