When is the best time to treat neonatal dacryocystitis?

Neonatal dacryocystitis is a common disease in newborns, which is mostly caused by incomplete embryonic development. Parents need to pay attention to the issue of neonatal dacryocystitis. I believe many parents want to know the treatment of neonatal dacryocystitis. When is the best time to treat neonatal dacryocystitis? Friends who need to know the answer, please read the following carefully!

If your child is diagnosed with neonatal dacryocystitis, don't worry. The tear ducts of most babies are still in the development stage within 6 months, so conservative treatment should be adopted first. Generally, antibiotic eye drops (such as Tobrex eye drops) are applied to the affected eye, and the skin at the greater corner of the eye (tear sac) is massaged to promote the flow of tears to the nasolacrimal duct. This is done 2-3 times a day. For more serious cases, the number can be increased to 4-6 times, each time for 1 minute. After a period of treatment, the film will rupture on its own and the tear duct will be unobstructed.

If the symptoms do not improve after a period of time, you can go to the hospital for pressurized flushing of the tear duct to break the membrane. If the above two treatment methods are ineffective, the tear duct probing can be used to puncture the membrane with a probe to make the tear duct unobstructed. There are also a very small number of children whose tear ducts are blocked due to bony stenosis or nasal deformity. In this case, surgery or other methods should be considered to clear the tear ducts.

Regarding the timing of treatment, generally the younger the age, the better the treatment effect. If neonatal dacryocystitis is not treated for a long time, acute inflammation may occur and spread to the surrounding areas; prolonged expansion of the lacrimal sac will cause the lacrimal sac wall to lose elasticity, and even if the tear duct is unobstructed in the future, the symptoms of epiphora will still exist; and permanent scarring of the tear duct may form due to persistent lacrimal duct inflammation; in addition, the continuous discharge of lacrimal sac pus into the conjunctival sac can lead to conjunctival and corneal inflammation, causing corneal ulcers and even developing into endophthalmitis, posing a serious potential threat to the eyeball. Therefore, neonatal dacryocystitis must be treated promptly to eliminate hidden dangers as soon as possible.

Through the introduction above, I believe you already know when is the best time to treat neonatal dacryocystitis! When you find that your child has neonatal dacryocystitis, don't panic. You can use conservative treatment at the beginning. If the condition does not improve, you need to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Of course, the longer the treatment time, the better.