Patient's question:
My baby is almost four months old, and I haven't seen her cry much. Is it possible that her tear ducts are blocked? Thank youDoctor's answer:
There are three typical symptoms of lacrimal duct obstruction: First, the baby always tears up or cries without any reason, and some children have erosion, redness, and eczema around their eyes or near the corners of their eyes. Second, the baby's eyes always have a lot of secretions, which is caused by bacterial proliferation and infection leading to a large accumulation of lacrimal sac retention, or by the storage of amniotic fluid in the lacrimal sac causing intrauterine infection. We call this part of lacrimal duct obstruction combined with lacrimal sac inflammation "fetal lacrimal sac inflammation." Third, by squeezing the lacrimal sac (i.e., the outer corner of the eye), and seeing the secretions of the eye, this is the pressure of the lacrimal sac flowing out from the lacrimal canals.