Admin_NHT Staff asked 6 years ago Dacryocystitis is an inflammation of the nasolacrimal sac. Dacryocystitis infection may be acute or chronic and congenital or acquired. Dacryocystitis is located below the canthal tendon.
- Cause: – dacryocystitis infection caused by blockage of the lacrimal duct which allows bacterial growth inside the tear sac. Injury to nose or eye, nasal polyps, sinus inflammation, nasal surgery, foreign object in duct and cancer also causes dacryocystitis.
- Symptoms: – pain redness and swelling on inside of the eye, watery eye, swelling on the nose side corner of the eye. Pus formation on eye corner, fever on chronic condition teary discharge with little swelling is seen.
- Diagnosis:-diagnosis of dacryocystitis is carried out on the base on symptoms and examination of the eye, also CT scan of the eye is conducted to see the cause of a blockage
- Prevention: – To prevent dacryocystitis infection dacryocystorhinostomy is conducted. Also regularly drain the tear sac also helpful in the prevention of tear duct infection.