Overview

Dacryocystitis can be acute, chronic, acquired, or congenital. Acute infections cause it, with Staphylococcus and Streptococcus being the most common.

• Chronic obstructions result from systemic diseases, repeated infections, and inflammatory debris. 

• Acquired states are caused by trauma, surgeries, medications, and neoplasms.

• Congenital forms occur due to a membranous obstruction at the valve of Hasner in the distal nasolacrimal duct, leading to purulent forms within a few days of delivery.

Causes

Dacryocystitis is prevalent in infants and adults over 40, often due to congenital abnormalities in tear ducts. Causes include 

• Sinusitis

• Nasal abscess

• Trauma

• Tumors in the nasal passage

• Bacteria causing streptococcal or staphylococcus infections.

Symptoms

Compared to people with chronic dacryocystitis, people with acute dacryocystitis may have more severe symptoms. The following symptoms of dacryocystitis, both acute and chronic, can occur: 

• Redness and swelling close to the lower outer eyelid 

• Heavy discharge and pus coming from the eye. 

• Fever and soreness in the lower outside corner of the eyelid. 

• Pain, redness, or swelling are less common in people with chronic dacryocystitis.

Ayurvedic View

Pooya alasa- A suppurative swelling occurs in netra sandhi that is kanninika sandhi means inner canthus of the eye- meeting point of eyelids on the inner side of the eye, this is dacryocystitis. There is painful shopha (swelling), occurring in the inner canthus of the eye which undergoes paak (suppuration), from which there is sandra puya puti srava( thick, foul smelling discharge), which later forms sookshama vruna (small ulceration) in kaneenika sandhi (inner canthus of eye) with pain in affected area. The Ayurveda way of approach is to correct the dushti (vitiation) of rakta and reduce the symptoms and reoccurrence of the disease by Ayurvedic panchakarma treatment and local treatment of the eye.

Ayurvedic Treatments

Prakshalanam  Sekam   Anjanam   Tarpanam   Nasyam

Naturopathy Treatments

Enema   Eye pack   Mud Bath    Reflexology   Chromotherpy   Magnetotherapy  Pranayama    Kriya  Trataka.