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Watery Eyes in a Patient with Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

Purpose: To evaluate a patient with watery or tearing eyes associated with nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Description

Cheung et al evaluated patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. They identified problems for the patient before and after surgery to correct the obstruction. The authors are from Prince of Wales Hospital and the University of New South Wales in Australia.


 

Parameters:

(1) impairment caused by watery eyes:

(1a) with vision

(1b) with reading ability

(1c) with driving

(1d) with mood

(1e) with work

(2) embarrassment

Impairment

Points

none

0

mild

1

moderate

2

severe

3

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all of the parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 0

• maximum score: 18

• A patient with a clinically significant problem may have one or more severe responses and/or multiple moderate problems.

• Successful treatment of the duct obstruction should result in improved scores.

 


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Specialty

Objective

ICD-10