Chronic dacryocystitis is a very common ocular condition faced by almost all ophthalmologists in the daily routine practice. Maybe more common in females nasal pathology may be a precipitating factor for the occurrence of chronic dacryocystitis.
The commonest presenting feature is watering in one eye lasting for a constant period of time sometimes a small non-tender swelling may appear in the para lacrimal region on sac syringing. If there is a regurgitation of fluid from upper puncta then it is NLD block if the regurgitation is from same puncta then it is indicative of canalicular block if the fluid passes easily then it indicative that the lacrimal passages are patient complications of chronic dacryocystitis are Acute exacerbation n chronic Acute dacryocystitis Mucocele of lacrimal sac Encysted mucocele of lacrimal sac Lacrimal fistula Acute cellulitis Orbital cellulitis Orbital…
