🔹 Flushing the duct (quick & effective) 🔹 Antibiotics if infected 🔹 Surgery only for severe cases
Diagram: Eye → puncta → duct → nose. Text: Tears drain through a tiny tube into the nose. When blocked? Tears spill over the eyelid. nasolacrimal duct obstruction cat
⚠️ Wetness on the cheek ⚠️ Thick yellow/green goo (not clear) ⚠️ Swollen bump below the eye 🔹 Flushing the duct (quick & effective) 🔹
✅ Past Herpes Infection (scarring) ✅ Flat Face (Persian/Himalayan anatomy) ✅ Dirt or Litter (foreign body) Tears spill over the eyelid
Think of the nasolacrimal duct as your cat’s internal drainage system. Normally, tears wash over the eye and drain through tiny holes (puncta) in the corner of the eye, down a narrow duct, and out through the nose. When that duct gets blocked, the tears have nowhere to go but over the eyelid and down the face—a symptom called epiphora .