Can I use eye drops during confinement?

During the confinement period, if the mother experiences dry eyes or discomfort, she must be cautious in using eye drops. After all, if eye drops are used improperly, it may affect the quality of breast milk, which will affect the health of the baby. She must follow the doctor's advice when using eye drops. When dry eyes and discomfort occur, she should strengthen her lifestyle adjustments and avoid excessive use of the eyes.

Can I use eye drops during confinement?

The answer is yes. Most of the eye drops currently used clinically have low drug concentrations. After breastfeeding mothers use the eye drops, fewer components enter the blood, and even less enters the breast milk. If breastfeeding mothers use some atropine, gentamicin, or ofloxacin eye drops, in most cases they will not have serious toxic effects on the baby. It is best to consult a doctor and choose products that can be used with caution, such as compound chondroitin sulfate eye drops, Lanrunjie eye drops, and New Rohto eye drops.

What are the principles of medication during lactation?

Usually, whether a certain drug can be used during breastfeeding depends mainly on how much of the drug is absorbed during this period, how much of the drug is absorbed by the baby, and how toxic the drug is to the baby. In clinical practice, doctors will consider these issues when giving medication to breastfeeding mothers, and decide whether a certain medication can be used after weighing the pros and cons.

Generally speaking, eye drops can be used appropriately even during breastfeeding.

Precautions for using eye drops after childbirth

What precautions should be taken when using eye drops after childbirth? Breastfeeding women can use eye drops because in most cases they will not have side effects on the baby. Breastfeeding women should pay attention to some matters when taking medications to ensure safe medication and reduce the impact on the baby.

1. Adjust breastfeeding time after taking medicine

When taking medication, in order to reduce the amount of medicine absorbed by the baby, breastfeeding mothers can take the medicine immediately after breastfeeding and postpone the next breastfeeding as much as possible, at least 4 hours, so that more medicine can be excreted from the body and the drug concentration in the breast milk is minimized.

2. It is not advisable to take contraceptive pills

The testosterone, progesterone and estrogen derivatives contained in contraceptives will inhibit the production of prolactin when entering the body of a lactating mother, causing a decrease in milk secretion, and the secreted breast milk will not be enough for the baby.

3. Do not abuse Chinese medicine

Some Chinese medicines can nourish yin and blood, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis for breastfeeding mothers, strengthen their physical fitness, promote uterine contraction and prevent puerperal infection. However, some Chinese medicines will enter the breast milk and make it turn yellow or have the effect of reducing milk production, such as rhubarb, roasted malt, Xiaoyaosan, mint, etc.

4. Do not take medicine at will

Some drugs are safe for babies, but some drugs can cause adverse or even very serious reactions, such as pathological jaundice, cyanosis, deafness, liver and kidney damage or vomiting. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers must use drugs with caution.

5. Breastfeeding should not be interrupted at will

Except for a few drugs that are prohibited during breastfeeding, the excretion of other drugs in breast milk rarely exceeds 1%-2% of the dosage used by breastfeeding women. This dose will not harm the baby's body. Breastfeeding should not be interrupted when taking safe drugs.