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Blocked Tear Duct / Dacryostenosis

What are the symptoms of Blocked Tear Duct ?

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Increased tears.

Mucus discharge from eye.

Crust formation over eyelids.

Pain, redness or swelling beneath the eye indicating infection.

Redness and swelling of the tear duct or white of the eye surrounding the tear duct.


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Posted by:  JasonG1985(Guest)  Posted on: 02/01/2011
Getting DCR surgury on the 11th at the Shiley Eye Center in San Diego for my closed tear duct.


Posted by:  ctnana(Guest)  Posted on: 10/10/2011
did this work for you? i have draining from both my eyes like i am crying and they think there is a blockage somewhere in the tear ducts , have an appt thursday ....just wanted to know if this helped




Posted by:  Ajay_bhopal  Posted on: 03/06/2010
My new baby got Blocked Tear Duct(Dacryostenosis), the 6 days old baby has to be treated surgically at Holy Family Hospital, Delhi, India on 4th March 2010 by expert doctors.



Posted by:  kush25(Guest)  Posted on: 02/28/2009
I think my tear duct on the left side is blocked a little because my nose get swollen really bad but the tears in my eye go down fine does anyone know if that sounds like a blocked tear duct?


Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 03/18/2010
You may experiment taking
glasses of water with tolerable quantity of
lemon juice. caution:Too much lemon juice may lead to
diarrhea; watch your tolerance limits.
pl. reply if your experiment yields beneficial resulta eiyher immediately or after a few days'




Posted by:  AnneMcIntyre(Guest)  Posted on: 01/10/2009
Dear Pat, I have now also got a blocked tear duct and have been told by my doctor that what you had is able to be done easily with no pain. Did you have a sinus infection before it happened that caused it? only one eye is affected and yes I have a sinus infection.



Posted by:  Pat Weinmann  Posted on: 12/29/2008
My eye doctor stretched the opening-inserted what felt like a needle & irrigated the duct w/salt water. It did hurt briefly, but it did open the duct up. Eye drops 3X daily followed...so far so good.




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