Orbital mucocele nursing measures?

summary

Orbital mucocele mainly occurs in the paranasal sinuses. Once the neck is compressed into the orbit, it is one of the more common orbital lesions. It can occur in all paranasal sinuses. When the symptoms and signs appear, the pathological condition of chronic inflammation will be combined with bacterial infection, and the acute suppurative inflammation will appear. It is called mucocele. It will occur in the lacrimal sac area, It is generally believed that it is a chronic inflammation caused by congenital nature, narrow opening or blockage of the opening due to a variety of reasons.

Orbital mucocele nursing measures?

First: with a long-term history of sinusitis, there will be a slight headache cyst. Once it increases, there will be local swelling and pain. If the cyst is small, there will be exophthalmos. If the cyst is large, there will be special pain. The cyst will be like nasal rupture, and there will be a lot of mucus.

Second: if there is an acute infection, it will lead to redness, swelling, pain, chills and fever, and it will lead to the movement of the eyeball below, outside and below, which will lead to exophthalmos, and the rotation of the eyeball inside will be limited, which will cause ametropia, which will lead to decreased vision.

Third: once pressed to the optic nerve, it will lead to binocular vision loss, will cause visual field defect, will lead to optic nerve atrophy, eye movement disorders, will cause headache, and once pressed to the sponge, it will lead to eyelid ptosis and ophthalmoplegia above the orbit.

matters needing attention

For mucocele need to be treated by surgery, the symptoms of exophthalmos and displacement after surgery can gradually disappear, generally speaking, the effect is better after cure.