Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of a blocked tear duct include:
- Excessive tearing
- Redness of the white part of the eye
- Recurrent eye infection or inflammation (pink eye)
- Painful swelling near the inside corner of the eye
- Crusting of the eyelids
- Mucus or pus discharge from the lids and surface of the eye
- Blurred vision
Lacrimal Surgery. Each time you blink, the eyelid spreads the tears over the surface of the eye and pumps the excess tears into a duct that drains into your nose. The duct can become blocked, which leads to an overflow of tears that will run down our face. This is corrected surgically by creating a new pathway through which tears flow.