{"id":111,"date":"2013-07-15T10:52:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T09:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:12:08","slug":"dacryocystite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/20-maladies-frequentes\/dacryocystite\/","title":{"rendered":"Dacryocystitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">It is the inflammation, acute or chronic, of the lacrimal sac, located between the internal angle of the eye and the nose.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Dacryocystitis is most often due to obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct that connects the lacrimal sac to the nose. This obstruction, linked to an infection or chronic irritation, causes a stoppage in the flow of tears and this stasis promotes infection of the lacrimal sac.<\/p>\n<p>This type of pathology is found in newborns or in elderly people over 60 years of age. In the elderly, it is an aging of the tear ducts with a decrease in the permeability of the channels which can lead to the cessation of the elimination of tears. The tears end up becoming superinfected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symptoms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Acute<\/strong> <strong>dacryocystitis<\/strong> presents as a rounded, red, hot, painful swelling located between the inner corner of the eye and the wing of the nose, and with watering.<\/p>\n<p>If an abscess forms, the center of the swelling becomes soft, whitish, with thinning of the skin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Chronic<\/strong> <strong>dacryocystitis<\/strong> causes tearing and a mucocele (cyst containing mucus) in the lacrimal sac, a firm, painless mass that, when pressed, causes mucus to escape through the lacrimal opening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treatment :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>The case of the infant was discussed in the chapter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/20-maladies-frequentes\/canal-lacrimal-du-nourrisson-bouche\/\" target=\"_self\">blocked lacrimal duct in infants<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In all cases, treatment by the Ophthalmologist must be early.<\/p>\n<p>In elderly people: antiseptic eye drops in regular treatment who complain of chronic watering eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The acute stage requires surgical intervention accompanied by oral and local antibiotic treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">It is based on a <strong>dacryocystorhinostomy<\/strong> (surgical unblocking of the nasolacrimal duct), which consists of connecting the lacrimal sac and the nasal cavity through a large opening in the bony wall and connecting the lacrimal sac to the nasal mucosa, thus bypassing the blocked nasolacrimal duct.<\/p>\n<p>In acute dacryocystitis, the abscess may need to be opened by making an incision, with surgical drainage and administration of antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dacryocystitis - Abscess around the eye - All you need to know\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y7xtXeqnU_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C&rsquo;est l\u2019inflammation, aigu\u00eb ou chronique, du sac lacrymal, situ\u00e9 entre l&rsquo;angle interne de l&rsquo;\u0153il et le nez. Une dacryocystite est le plus souvent d\u00fbe \u00e0 l&rsquo;obstruction du canal lacrymo-nasal qui relie le sac lacrymal au nez. Cette obstruction, li\u00e9e \u00e0 une infection ou \u00e0 une irritation chronique, provoque un arr\u00eat de l\u2019\u00e9coulement des larmes et [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":102,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25162,"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/25162"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vision-laser.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}