Sentences with phrase «lacrimal duct»

Lacrimal duct atresia: a condition where the duct draining tears from the eye is too small or not formed.

If the problem is from lacrimal duct blockage, the obstruction will have to be addressed.

Cardiologist: «Tears are from your lacrimal ducts, in your eyes.

From our lacrimal ducts, our excess tears flow down a bigger tube called the nasolacrimal duct, which actually opens into our nasal passageway.

Whenever any of us cry, excess tears flow toward the inner corner of each of our eyes and enter two tubes called the lacrimal ducts.

Not exact matches

have eyes that appear crusted and matted with discharge, because mucoid material that is normally produced in the lacrimal sac backs up onto the eye, instead of draining through the nasolacrimal duct to the nose

If the problem is blockage of the lacrimal drainage system, the ducts may need to be flushed or the obstruction cleared with a surgical procedure to open the ducts.