Blocked eye glands

The blockage of eye glands is relatively rare, which is why many people are unaware of this condition. They will only discover that they have this condition when they go to the hospital for relevant eye examinations. Once it happens, they must go for further examinations so that they can determine what is wrong with their eyes through the examination results and receive treatment.

A general examination of the eye, including examination of the ocular adnexa and anterior segment.

Examination of ocular appendages

Examination of the ocular appendages includes examination of the eyelids, conjunctiva, lacrimal apparatus, eyeball position, and orbit.

Eyelid examination: Generally, the examination is done by inspection and palpation under natural light. Main observations: whether there are congenital abnormalities of the eyelids, such as eyelid coloboma, narrow palpebral fissure, ptosis, etc. Abnormalities of the eyelid skin, such as redness, swelling, heat, pain, subcutaneous emphysema, lumps, etc. Abnormal eyelid position, such as comparing the width of the bilateral palpebral fissures and whether the eyelids are everted or ectropion. Abnormalities of the eyelid margin and eyelashes. Lacrimal apparatus examination: includes lacrimal gland and lacrimal duct. Check for lumps in the lacrimal gland area, pay attention to whether the lacrimal puncta are everted or blocked, whether there is redness, swelling, tenderness, and fistula in the lacrimal sac area, and whether there is secretion overflowing from the lacrimal puncta when squeezing the lacrimal sac. Use instruments to check the amount of tear secretion and whether the lacrimal duct is narrowed or blocked.

Conjunctival examination: Pay attention to the color, smoothness and transparency of the conjunctiva, and the presence of congestion, edema, papillary hyperplasia, follicles, scars, ulcers and new masses, etc.

Examination of the eyeball and eye socket: During the examination, attention should be paid to the size, shape, position and movement of the eyeball, and whether there is involuntary nystagmus.

Anterior segment examination

Anterior segment examination of the eye: including examination of the cornea, anterior segment of the sclera, anterior chamber, iris, pupil, and lens.

Corneal examination: Pay attention to the size, transparency, surface smoothness, new blood vessels, curvature and perception of the cornea.

Scleral examination: Pay attention to whether the sclera is yellow, nodules, congestion and tenderness.

Anterior chamber examination: pay attention to the depth of the anterior chamber and whether the aqueous humor is turbid, has blood, pus, foreign matter, etc.

Iris examination: pay attention to the color and texture of the iris, the presence of neovascularization, atrophy, nodules, cysts, adhesions, and the presence of iris root detachment, defects, tremors, and bulging.

Pupil examination: pay attention to the size, position, and shape of the pupil, the presence of exudate, organized membrane, and pigment in the pupil area, and the presence of direct light reflex, indirect light reflex, and near reflex of the pupil.

Lens inspection: Note lens clarity, position, and presence of crystals.

Eye surgery

Cataract phacoemulsification

Cataracts are clouding of the transparent lens in the eye, which blocks light from entering the eye and causes decreased vision. The treatment of this disease mainly involves surgery to remove the cloudy lens and replace the function of the original clear lens with an artificial lens. Cataract phacoemulsification has the characteristics of short operation time, small damage, mild reaction and fast recovery. It is the mainstream surgical method for cataract surgery.