Bad For Baby? Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborns!

There are three things that will be recommended your baby have shortly after they are born. One of them is the erythromycin eye ointment to prevent cases of gonorrheal opthalmia neonatorum. But is it necessary?

While there are some countries who no longer routinely give all babies born the erythromycin eye ointment there are still Countries (including the United States) where is is mandated in a lot of their regions. So this video is going to provide you with the valuable information you need when considering wether you want this in your baby's eyes.

We will cover:
what is erythromycin eye ointment
what is opthalmia neonatorum
when does my baby receive the erythromycin eye ointment?
what are the benefits of the erythromycin eye ointment?
what are the risks of erythromycin eye ointment?
if I don't want my baby to have this ointment what can we do instead?
where did the idea of erythromycin eye ointment come from?

Where do you live? Did your baby get the erythromycin eye ointment?

Vitamin K is something else offered to all babies born, find all the deets on that medication here:
   • Should Your New Baby Get The VITAMIN ...  

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