Lacrimal Duct Obstruction

For nasolacrimal duct obstruction in an infant, treatment consists of carefully massaging the lacrimal sac area four times daily until the infant is 8 or 9 months old. At that time, the obstruction commonly resolves spontaneously.

Congenital lacrimal duct obstruction
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Definition A lacrimal duct obstruction is blockage of the tear duct, the thin channel that normally drains tears from the surface of the eye. Description The lacrimal glands, located above each eyeball, produce tears.

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction
Symptoms begin after age 2 wk
Idiopathic age-related nasolacrimal duct stenosis ...

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) (Blocked tear duct)
Nasopharyngeal culture
Nasopharyngeal culture
Natal teeth
Natural short sleeper
Natural short sleeper
Nausea - persistent - in pregnancy (Hyperemesis gravidarum)
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Repka MX, Melia BM, Beck RW, et al; Primary treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with balloon catheter dilation J AAPOS. 2008 Oct;12(5):451-5. [abstract] ...

This condition is called dacryostenosis or congenital (present at birth) lacrimal duct obstruction. Tears help clean and lubricate the eye and are produced in the lacrimal gland located under the bone of the eyebrow.

(Blocked Tear Duct; Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction; Lacrimal Duct Obstruction; Dacryostenosis)
Pronounced: La-cree-mahl duct sten-oh-sis
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Braverman RS (2009). Nasolacrimal duct obstruction section of Eye. In WW Hay Jr et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics, 19th ed., p. 407. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Lacrimal Sac Infection
Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction
Tear Duct Obstruction
Tear Sac Infection ...

Dacryostenosis; Blocked nasolacrimal duct; Nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO)
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ectropion, punctal, canalicular or nasolacrimal duct obstruction). The latter is often due to aging (a spontaneous process), infection (ie. dacryocystitis), rhinitis, and in neonates or infants, failure of the nasolacrimal duct to open.

Small babies often have poorly developed tear drainage passages (a condition known as nasolacrimal duct obstruction).

Blocked tear ducts occur in about 6 out of 100 newborns.1 A blocked tear duct that is present at birth is called congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

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Recurrent airway obstruction
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Congenital lacrimal duct obstruction ...

In prematurely born infants, there may be persistence of embryonic tissues, which are programmed to disappear before birth such as nasolacrimal duct obstruction (causing tears to run down the affected side), ...

See also: Symptom, Blocked tear duct, Aging, Stenosis, Surgery