There is always eye mucus in my eyes. Is it because I have inflammation?

Tears in the eyes, eye mucus...

These symptoms that seem minor in daily life

In fact, there may be

Health risks and cognitive misunderstandings

About those eye discharges

Do you really understand?

Myth 1: Too much eye mucus means you are getting angry

Eyes will produce eye mucus under normal circumstances, but usually very little. However, if there is too much eye mucus and even sticks to the eyelids, it may be that the eyes are sick.

The oil secreted by the meibomian glands in our eyes protects the eyes. When people fall asleep at night, the oil is still secreted. When we wake up in the morning, the accumulated oil mixes with the dust and impurities that enter the eyes during the day and runs to the corners of the eyes to form eye mucus . So it is normal to have a little eye mucus in the corners of the eyes when you wake up.

If you have watery eyes, excessive eye mucus, or even redness and swelling under the corners of your eyes , you should pay attention to whether it is chronic dacryocystitis , which usually occurs in infants and middle-aged and elderly people. In addition, other eye diseases such as environmental stimulation, eye fatigue, conjunctivitis, etc. may also cause increased eye secretions.

Myth 2: The reason you can’t stop crying is because your tear point is too low

We often say "tears are so strong" to describe the feeling of being moved. Non-emotional "tears can't stop flowing" may be caused by the balance of tear production and discharge being disrupted.

In fact, there is a structure called "tear point" in the eye, which is the channel for tears to be discharged. After the tears are produced by the lacrimal gland, they pass through the surface of the eyeball, gather on the inside of the eye, and are discharged through the lacrimal duct - that is, the lacrimal punctum, lacrimal canaliculus, lacrimal sac, and nasolacrimal duct. When the production and discharge are unbalanced, the symptoms of tearing appear . Tear duct obstruction is a common cause. There are a large number of bacteria in the tear duct. Once blocked, it is easy to cause inflammation, causing the patient to "tear and pus".

Myth 3: Chronic dacryocystitis should be treated slowly

Dr. Lu Yingying from Tianjin University Aier Eye Hospital said that there are indeed many chronic diseases that need to be "slowly nurtured", but for patients with chronic dacryocystitis, early detection and early treatment are recommended.

The causes of chronic dacryocystitis are complex. Generally speaking, it will not heal on its own if it is not treated for a long time, and it may delay the treatment. Tears block the line of sight and cause blurred vision; long-term and frequent wiping of tears causes skin problems around the eyes, such as ectropion of the lower eyelid, and may also cause conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal ulcers or orbital cellulitis ; if chronic dacryocystitis develops into acute dacryocystitis, there is even a risk of orbital infection endangering the brain.