Elderly people’s eyes often tear for no reason should be treated according to the cause of the disease. Tear symptoms caused by tear duct blockage can be treated by tear duct irrigation, tear duct probing surgery, and tear symptoms caused by eye inflammation can be treated with medication as prescribed by the doctor to alleviate the uncomfortable symptoms.
1. Lacrimal duct obstruction: Older people often suffer from lacrimal duct obstruction due to secretions produced by inflammation, and the tears secreted at the base cannot be discharged in time, thus causing patients to experience the symptoms of tearing, and patients can flush out the secretions through lacrimal flushing to improve the symptoms of tearing. Patients with obvious tear duct obstruction can also be treated with surgery such as tear duct implantation to unblock the tear duct.
2. Ocular inflammation: chronic dacryocystitis, conjunctivitis and other ocular inflammatory diseases patients, under the stimulation of inflammation, patients can appear photophobia, tearing and other symptoms, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, such as tobramycin drops, levofloxacin drops, etc., to control the inflammation, relieve ocular discomfort.
It is recommended that patients with frequent tearing should consult a doctor in time to assess their condition and choose the appropriate treatment under the doctor’s guidance.