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 for no reason or tears excessively, and some children may have erosion, redness, and eczema around their eyes or near the corners of their eyes. Second, the baby's eyes always have a large amount of discharge, which is caused by bacterial proliferation and infection leading to significant retention in the lacrimal sac, or by the pollution of amniotic fluid stored in the lacrimal sac causing intrauterine infection. We refer to this type of lacrimal duct obstruction combined with lacrimal sac inflammation as fetal lacrimal sac inflammation. Third, by squeezing the lacrimal sac (i.e., the outer corner of the eye), and seeing the discharge of lacrimal fluid, this is the pressure of lacrimal fluid flowing from the lacrimal sac into the lacrimal duct.