Question 1

blocked tear duct treatment - artificial tears, what to do?

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Blocked tear duct: Your doctor can show you how to massage your tear ducts in the hope that they will open. If massage doesn't work an eye doctor can do a simple procedure to open them

Question 2

what is the best blocked tear duct treatment - artificial tears?

Accepted Answer

Massage eyelid: Artificial tears will not help. Gentle massage of the inner corner of the lower eyelid may open the duct. Probing of the tear duct by an ophthalmologist may be needed.

Question 3

how effective is surgical treatment for a blocked tear duct?

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Very: In most children with dacryostenosis, or a clogged tear duct, no treatment or surgery is necessary.  Most cases will resolve on their own.  Warm compresses, duct massage, and treatment of superinfection is often all that is needed.  However, in the small percentage of babies who require surgery or stenting, the prognosis is excellent, and treatment is effective.

Question 4

whats the treatment for a blocked tear duct?

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Often needs surgery: The tear duct is in the corner of the bottom eyelid near the nose and drains tears into the nose. It can be blocked at birth creating watering eyes with discharge, or occur later from other causes. Sometimes that needs surgery to open.

Question 5

my newborn has a gunky eye. the gp took a swab to see if it's conjunctivitis or blocked tear duct, if conjunctivitis can that cause blindness?

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Unlikely: You have done the right thing by having your child's eye looked at.  You can keep it clean with use of warm washcloths until the results come in.  Conjunctivitis is an infection of the outside lining of the eye - occasionally bacterial and sometimes viral.  Blindness is remotely possible but very rare except with infections that occur during birth now routinely prevented.  Your baby should do well

Question 6

which treatments for blocked tear duct are most effective?

Accepted Answer

Massage & Patience: Your pediatrician will show how to massage the nasolacrimal duct. The area to massage is on the side of the "nasal bridge."  you can massage the are 3 times per day for 30 seconds each time. It is not very clear how effective massaging is but 90% of these blocked tear ducts resolve by 6 month of age, sometimes even without massaging!

Question 7

how do doctors cure your blocked tear duct?

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Often surgery: A blocked tear duct from birth can sometimes be opened with gentle, frequent massage and time. In an adult, scarring or anatomical abnormalities often require surgery to treat.

Question 8

how do you treat a blocked tear duct?

Accepted Answer

See below: Dacryostenosis, clogged tear duct, is usually managed by gentle massages over tear duct.  Most of clogged ducts open before 6 months of age.

Question 9

what can i do to fix a blocked tear duct?

Accepted Answer

Probe duct: A ophthalmologist can thread a wire down the duct & push out an obstruction.

Question 10

what can be done for a blocked tear duct!?

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Drops or surgery: In infants it will sometimes resolve spontaneously. In adults it may resolve with antibiotic drops but may require an office procedure like flushing the duct or may require a surgical procedure called a dacryocystorhinostomy ( dcr). A true duct obstruction in an adult will not go away spontaneously and can lead to a serious infection of the soft tissues around the eye that can spread to the brain.

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