Why is my medial Canthus swollen?
Dacryocystitis is an infection or inflammation of the nasolacrimal sac, usually accompanied by blockage of the nasolacrimal duct. Dacryocystitis can be acute or chronic and congenital or acquired. When present, medial canthal swelling of dacryocystitis is usually located below the medial canthal tendon.
What causes the inner corner of the eye to swell?
Tear duct infection When a tear duct becomes blocked and tears cannot drain away, bacteria may collect in the area and cause an infection. Inflammation from a cold or sinus infection may cause a blocked tear duct. Other than itching, the symptoms include: swelling of the lower eyelid’s inner corner.
What causes swollen lacrimal Caruncle?
Lacrimal Gland swelling may be acute or chronic. Acute swelling is caused by a bacterial or viral infection such as mumps, Epstein-Barr virus, gonococcus and staphylococcus. Chronic swelling could be due to non-infectious inflammatory disorders such as thyroid eye disorder, sarcoidosis and orbital pseudotumor.
What is the red thing in the corner of your eye?
The little reddish-pink fleshy substance on the inside corner of your eye is called a caruncle (that’s an acceptable word in Scrabble). That’s actually a remnant of the reptilian eye.
What is lacrimal duct?
The lacrimal duct system transmits tears from the surface of the eye to the nasal cavity. Tears enter the duct system at the lacrimal punctae and conduct through canaliculi within the eyelids. The canaliculi drain into the lacrimal sac.
What is the ball in the corner of your eye?
The lacrimal caruncle, or caruncula lacrimalis, is the small, pink, globular nodule at the inner corner (the medial canthus) of the eye.
Why is my tear duct red?
Infected tear ducts, or dacryocystitis, is an inflammation of the tear drainage system in one or both eyes that cause excessive tearing, and sometimes redness and discharge despite there being no presence of allergies, cold, or other concerns.
How do you treat an inflamed tear duct?
Treating a swollen tear duct can often ease symptoms like tearing, pain, and redness. Treatments can widen or bypass a blocked tear duct to help tears drain normally out of your eye again. There are noninvasive options like massage and warm compresses and the most invasive option—surgery.
What does dacryocystitis look like?
In acute dacryocystitis, the area around the tear sac is painful, red, and swollen. The area around the eye may become red and watery and may ooze pus. Slight pressure applied to the tear sac may push thick material through the punctum (the opening at the inner corner of the eyelid near the nose).
What are the causes of telecanthus and epicanthus?
Epicanthus mainly results from a relative deficiency of skin in the vertical axis (as opposed to the horizontal axis) within the medial canthal area. Telecanthus (Increased distance between two medial canthi with normal interpupillary distance).
Are there any syndromes associated with epicanthus folds?
Syndromes associated with epicanthal folds such as blepharophimosis syndrome and Down’s syndrome should be looked for. Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome (BPES) is characterised by tetrad of blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus, and telecanthus.
Where does epicanthus supraciliaris start and end?
Diagnosis is clinical and depends on the origin and configuration of the free fold. Epicanthus supraciliaris: It occurs when the free fold originates from the midpoint of the eyebrow and runs down on the side of nostril, ending over the anterior lacrimal crest. It obscures medial canthus and caruncle.
Where does epicanthus occur in the human body?
Epicanthus mainly results from a relative deficiency of skin in the vertical axis (as opposed to the horizontal axis) within the medial canthal area. It may occur alone or in association with other abnormalities such as.