Canaliculitis: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Canaliculitis is an infection caused by Actinomyces israelii, which is a gram-positive bacillus with small branching filaments. Fungi like Candida albinos and viruses like herpes simplex also cause of canaliculitis.
- Symptoms:-Mild tenderness, redness of eyes, tearing discharge
- Causes: – Retained punctual plug can also cause canaliculitis.
- Treatment: – During an examination, the physician applied pressure to the lacrimal sac which causes secretion and a gritty sensation. Canaliculitis can be treated by antibiotics and surgery. Surgery is necessary to remove the foreign body. For canaliculitis treatment first-generation cephalosporin or penicillinase-resistant synthetic penicillin may be used. Diagnosis of canaliculitis can be carried out by sign and symptoms, expression of turbid secretions with pressure on the lacrimal sac.
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