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Right eye randomly tears up
My son has suffered from conjunctivitis in his right eye when he was about 4 months old. Now hes 2years and 3 months. That right eye still tears up randomly. There is no pain. We try to massage the area near his tear ducts hoping it will clear out. This was suggested by the Pediatrician. Recently we took him to an eye specialist and she suggested to do tear duct probing. But that would require him to fast for 4 hrs before administrating anesthesia. To get him to fast would be difficult. Plus the lockdown makes it difficult to take him out and expose him to the hospital. So we have kept the procedure on hold. Is there any other option for treatment? I am hoping it will not get worse.
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If watering continues..we hv to do probing .
I am sure in a good setup...doing it should not be a problem really .mostly children are admitted to keep track of fasting thing.
Massage now will be if doubtful value..you can keep doing it if u wish
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Dr. Chhavi Jindal
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11 yrs exp
Delhi
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Watering in this age is due to nasolacrimal blockage ,initially we suggest massage but if it continues to watering then we have to do probing only to open the block pathway.
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It is done under general anesthesia only.
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You should get this procedure as early as possible .
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