Dry Eyes Tear Duct Plug

These plugs close the tiny opening punctum that you have in the inner corner of your upper and lower eyelids.

Dry eyes tear duct plug.

Punctal plugs may help to relieve the symptoms of chronic dry itchy or burning eyes. Your doctor inserts the plug into your tear duct to block the natural drainage of tears from your eye down the duct and into your nose. Ongoing inflammation can scar or damage the tear ducts. This is the area where tears usually drain through the back of your nose and throat.

If you visit your eye doctor with complaints of dry eyes you will likely be informed about plugging your tear ducts or punctal occlusion. Some types of eye infections can occur though. The plugs are inserted into the tear duct opening punctal in the corner of your eye. This keeps tears eyedrops and medicine on your eyes for.

A punctal plug is a small device that blocks tear duct drainage. The plugs may cause redness and swelling inflammation in the tear duct. Punctal occlusion is a painless procedure in which the puncta small openings in the corners of the eyes through which tears drain the tear ducts are blocked. The closure conserves both your own tears and artificial tears you may have added.