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Paediatrician
I am concerned that your baby girl of 5 months who has an ordinary cold has been given Celestamine which is a very strong cortisone medicine.She also has an infected eye. As this has just happened now it is unlikely that she has a blocked tear duct. Clean her eye with a dilute salt solution twice daily. Make up the solution by using one quarter of a teaspoonful of salt in a cup of boiled and cooled water. Use a small piece of cotton wool to wipe her eye from the nose side of her eye outwards.
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