Dacryocystitis : Causes and Symptoms

Dacryocystitis a sac infection tear (lacrimal sac) is caused by various bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas sp., Haemophylus influenzae, Streptococcus beta-haemolyticus and Streptococcus pneumonia.

When chronic, usually caused by various diseases, such as tuberculosis, leprosy, eye diseases, and fungal infections. Dacryocystitis disease incidence figures often found in children or adults aged over 40 years, primarily women aged 60-70 years.

Clinical symptoms of disease Dacryocystitis , In the acute situation and the symptoms of tear production, excessive pain or severe pain in the enclave of tears, can be accompanied by fever, visible sac tear swollen and red due to inflamed, the sac tears reddening, tenderness lacrimal sac area, when pressed eye bags, will come out a kind of a viscous fluid, such as a mixture of protective fluid, mucus, mucus and pus, pus.
Clinical symptoms of the chronic condition is often watery eyes, especially when exposed to wind, signs of mild inflammation, no pain, when the tear sac pressed, will come out some kind of pus, eyelids attached to one another.

Handling sac infection in children Tear is the tear sac sorted towards the bridge of the nose. May be given antibiotics or sulfonamides eye drops 4-5 times a day, handling in adults. For acute dacryocystitis: frequent warm compress. Plus the appropriate antibiotic, either systemically or locally. Consult a physician familiar with the appropriate antibiotics. For chronic dacryocystitis: do drainage (drainage) with antibiotics. If the blockage persists, it will be operating when the inflammation has calmed down, to fix the blockage of the tear ducts.

Need we know about this disease is the disease is often found in children and adult women over 40 years, an inflammation of the dacryocystitis usually begins and naso-lacrimal duct obstruction. This obstruction in children is usually due to the opening of the membrane naso-lacrimal whereas in adults due to depressed channel, such as nasal polyps, dacryocystitis can become chronic so intractable, dacryocystitis a contraindication to surgery opening the eyeball such as cataract surgery, glaucoma, because it can cause infection intraocular (such as endophthalmitis, panoftalmitis).

Share this :