Symptoms of dacryocystitis
General signs and symptoms of dacryocystitis may include pain and redness and swelling in the inner corner of the eye around the tear sac. Other symptoms may include watery pus or mucus discharge from the eyes, and in more severe cases, a fever may present and/or a collection of pus may rupture through the skin. Symptoms of acute dacryocystitis may present fairly quickly (i.e. within hours to a couple of days) and are generally more severe, involving pain, redness, swelling, oozing pus, and fever. When slight pressure is applied to the tear sac, pain may present alongside oozing pus through the punctum. Signs and symptoms of chronic dacryocystitis are usually more mild and typically consist of watery discharge from the eyes and minimal swelling of the skin that overlies the tear sac. When slight pressure is applied to the tear sac, the bulge may not be painful; however, pus may still ooze through the punctum. Many individuals with chronic dacryocystitis may also concurrently have chronic conjunctivitis, or pink eye, as well as long lasting discomfort in the affected eye(s).