blocked tear ducts

[lozza1985]

hi my daughter has was referred from the gp to hospital as she has blocked tear ducts he ran some tests and decided surgery would be best we are now waiting for the appointment to come through he said it shouldnt be long i was just wondering if anyone knows anything about as he didnt really say much is it just a day surgery? how long will the op take etc? i have 3 dc of 7,3,2 and none of them have had a op before so am just a bit nervous !

[purepurple]

Hi, my DD had this operation as a baby. She is now 13, where does the time go?
She had hers done as a day case under a general. They just pass a fine needle through the tear duct and flush some liquid through. They explained that the tear duct is formed from both ends and sometimes doesn't quite form properly and is blocked.
The op didn't take long, and we were home later in the day. The hardest thing was not giving her any food, and being at the hospital so early in the morning.
The op was a complerte success and she has never had any propblems with her eyes since.
Before the op, she had constant eye infections, crusty, weepy red, gunky, sticky eyes and was constantly on eye drops which were a nightmare to adminster.
HTH