How to treat congenital lacrimal duct obstruction?

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Lacrimal duct obstruction is a common and frequently occurring disease in ophthalmology. It often occurs at the junction of lacrimal point, lacrimal canaliculus, lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct, and the lower mouth of nasolacrimal duct. The main symptom is epiphora. If the treatment is not thorough, there is a risk of latent intraocular and external infection. The treatment principle is to control the inflammation of lacrimal sac and to restore or establish the drainage channel from lacrimal sac to nasal cavity. Lacrimal duct obstruction is not a simple disease. If it is not handled properly, it is easy to be blind. How to treat congenital lacrimal duct obstruction? Now let me tell you something.

How to treat congenital lacrimal duct obstruction?

Lacrimal duct obstruction is a common and frequently occurring disease in ophthalmology. It often occurs at the junction of lacrimal point, lacrimal canaliculus, lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct, and the lower mouth of nasolacrimal duct. The main symptom is epiphora. If the disease is not treated thoroughly, there will be the risk of latent intraocular and external infection.

If the lacrimal passage is blocked, it is suggested that the patient should go to the hospital to do lacrimal passage flushing first, so that you can accurately detect where the blocked part is, or where the narrow part is. And then take the massage technique, to adjuvant treatment, if not, then do lacrimal passage probing or laser.

The patients with lacrimal duct obstruction were treated with antibiotic eye drops after washing the lacrimal duct, 4 times a day for 1 month. For mild obstruction of lacrimal duct, probe can be used to dilate. For severe obstruction, lacrimal duct intubation or other artificial lacrimal duct intubation can be performed. For severe obstruction of lacrimal duct, conjunctival dacryocystorhinostomy can be performed. Dacryocystorhinostomy was performed for nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

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The above is the treatment and medication of lacrimal duct obstruction. I hope it can help you. If the lacrimal passage is blocked, I suggest that the patients go to the hospital for lacrimal passage flushing first, and if it doesn't work, then do lacrimal passage probing or laser.