Patient's question:
My daughter is 4 months old, and she has fine blood vessels in her left eye. The doctor said her left eye has neonatal dacryocystitis. After using eye drops to flush the tear duct multiple times (about 20 times), the result was semi-obstructed, as the doctor described it as "partially unobstructed." Most of the eye drops flowed back out of her eye, with only a small amount of liquid coming out through her nose (I couldn't tell if it was the eye drops or tears, as the child cried very hard during the procedure and shed a lot of tears). Each time the tear duct was flushed, a small amount of pus came out of her eye, appearing white or light yellow. Initially, we used rifampicin eye drops (started when she was 1 month old, after about 2 weeks of use, the blood vessels in her eye showed signs of fading). However, to avoidDoctor's answer:
Neonatal dacryocystitis requires irrigation of the lacrimal duct, which is the most direct method. Use antibiotic eye drops, and clean the secretions before applying the drops. Alternatively, antibiotic drops can be applied after lacrimal duct irrigation. Surgical treatment is also available, specifically lacrimal sac-nasal duct anastomosis.