Wiping her eyes with salt water failed to reduce internal heat in the grandmother, but instead a large abscess grew in the corner of her eye

In order to reduce heat, Grandma Yang tried to wipe her eyes with salt water, drink heat-reducing tea and other methods, but she did not expect that the sticky secretions in the corner of her eyes did not decrease, but a large abscess grew instead.

Grandma Yang, 70 years old this year, lives in Hanchuan. Two years ago, there was always sticky secretion in the corner of her right eye. Thinking it was caused by internal heat, she tried mung bean soup, internal heat tea and other "internal heat" methods, but none of them improved. "Every morning, I have to use salt water to pry open the 'eye mucus' a little bit before I can open my eyes. I have to wipe it with gauze during the day. This internal heat is too severe..." Grandma Yang complained to everyone that she had too much eye mucus. Many people recommended "internal heat" methods to her, but none of them worked. It was not until a week ago that a large abscess appeared in the corner of Grandma Yang's right eye, accompanied by blurred vision, that she realized the seriousness of the situation. The local doctor suggested going to a large hospital, so Grandma Yang went to the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University for treatment accompanied by her family.

Zhang Jiang, director of the National Ophthalmic Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Evaluation Committee and director of the tear duct/eye and nose related specialty, found in a preliminary examination that Grandma Yang was not suffering from "heatiness" but chronic dacryocystitis due to long-term blockage of the tear duct. The redness and swelling in the tear sac area was an acute attack of chronic dacryocystitis caused by the lack of timely treatment, and surgical treatment was required.

Yesterday, after an endoscopic lacrimal cystonasal anastomosis and nasolacrimal duct recanalization procedure on her right eye, Grandma Yang finally had no more secretions from the corners of her eyes.

Many patients with tear duct diseases, like Grandma Yang, do not feel pain or other obvious discomfort symptoms in the early stage, and think that "tears" and "discharge" are not a big deal. As a result, the condition worsens, causing chronic dacryocystitis or even acute attacks. Once chronic dacryocystitis has an acute attack, the tear sac will become red, swollen, hot, and painful, and even spread to the lower eyelid, the root of the nose, the cheek, and the front of the ear. If not treated in time, the pus will grow larger until the skin can no longer bear it and ruptures, and pus will overflow, leaving scars on the face. The pus containing a large number of bacteria will also cause lesions in the skin around the eyes.

Director Zhang Jiang reminded that if you find that you have tears and increased secretions from the corners of your eyes, you should go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible and not be careless. Dacryocystitis can be called a "time bomb" next to the eyeball. If the cornea is slightly damaged, the bacteria in the pus will invade the eyeball, which will cause the risk of blindness.