Does neonatal dacryocystitis affect vision?

Does neonatal dacryocystitis affect vision? Many newborns will develop some diseases due to various factors when they are born. Among them, the most common one is neonatal dacryocystitis, which will affect the eye health of the newborn and is not good for the newborn. Therefore, more attention should be paid to it. If not handled properly, it may also affect vision. The following is a detailed introduction.

1. Most nasolacrimal duct obstruction in infants and young children is congenital, while a few are caused by trauma or infection of the tissues around the eyeball. Nasolacrimal duct obstruction due to compression by a tumor near the eye is quite rare in infants and young children.

2. Eye secretions are a mild eye infection. One is that it may be due to contact with vaginal secretions containing bacteria during delivery, the contaminated hands of the midwife, or the unclean supplies that the baby comes into contact with after delivery, which may cause the child's conjunctiva to become inflamed, resulting in excessive and sticky eye mucus in the baby.

3. In some children, the nasolacrimal duct is blocked by epithelial cell residues or the nasolacrimal duct mucosa, causing tears and secretions in the tear duct to accumulate in the lacrimal sac and cause dacryocystitis. Such children have a cystic tumor in the lacrimal sac with a slightly bluish surface. If the lacrimal sac on the inside of the eye is gently pressed, mucous or mucous secretions may overflow and the tumor will disappear.

4. Excessive eye mucus in newborns affects their vision. Excessive eye mucus in newborns should not be ignored. It may lead to diseases such as congenital dacryocystitis in newborns. If not treated in time, it will affect the visual development of newborns. Most eye mucus is caused by bacteria invading the lacrimal sac, multiplying and festering in the lacrimal sac. The pus fills the entire lacrimal sac and cannot be excreted downward, so it can only flow upward along the lacrimal sac and lacrimal canaliculus into the eye. If not treated early, keratitis may occur, and the cornea may turn from black to white to form white spots, which will affect the baby's vision development.

The above is an introduction to the knowledge about "Does neonatal dacryocystitis affect vision?" It seems that if the condition of neonatal dacryocystitis is not treated in time, it will easily cause a certain impact on the vision of the newborn. Therefore, what we recommend is that after the baby is born, if there are eye abnormalities and increased eye secretions, it needs to be taken seriously and timely medical treatment is needed.