Can neonatal dacryocystitis heal on its own?

Neonatal dacryocystitis is mostly caused by incomplete maternal development. It is a common disease in newborns and is divided into acute and chronic types. The treatment method has become a concern for parents. Many parents want to know whether neonatal dacryocystitis can heal itself? If you want to know the answer to this question, please read the following carefully!

Neonatal dacryocystitis is a common disease in newborns, most of which can heal themselves a few months after birth. This disease is mainly caused by the incomplete development of the tear duct in children, which leads to the inability of tears to flow back and eventually causes an inflammatory reaction. For example, if there is a lot of eye mucus, parents can wash their hands, take a clean cloth, and use the index finger of the right hand to massage the area next to the nose of the affected eye from top to bottom three times a day, 3-5 times each time, until the purulent secretions are eliminated. Then wash your hands and drop Tobrex eye drops. If there is no effect after one month, you can wash the tear duct once a week. If it is not effective after four times of washing, you can perform tear duct probing again. During the operation, anesthetics are dropped into the eyes three times, and then the operation is performed. It is normal for blood to flow out of the nasal cavity after the operation, and it is generally effective after the operation.

It is not possible to generalize whether neonatal dacryocystitis can heal on its own. If conservative treatment for more than four months is ineffective, and some children's symptoms become more and more severe, surgery must be considered at this time. There are two types of surgeries. One is the tear duct probing surgery, which is not very effective for some more complicated cases, older children, or even children with congenital tear duct malformations. Another type of surgery is tear duct intubation, also known as tear duct implantation, which is the newest type of surgery.

Can neonatal dacryocystitis heal on its own? As for the answer to this question, I believe you already know it very clearly through the introduction above! We cannot generalize whether dacryocystitis can heal itself. Some cases will recover slowly on their own, but some may worsen. Parents, it is better to take your children to the hospital for examination.