A mother brings in her infant because she noticed that she has tearing in her left eye that comes and goes, and she noticed discharge that accumulates in the inner aspect of her eye. On examination, conjunctival erythema is absent, and on palpation of the lacrimal sac, tears and mucoid discharge is noted. The infant is diagnosed with dacryocystitis. Strategies to teach the mom to care for this include:
A) applying warm compresses and gentle massaging the lacrimal sac.
B) patching the affected eye.
C) irrigating the affected eye daily with sterile normal saline.
D) using artificial tears 1-2 times a day.

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Applying warm compresses and gentle massaging of the lacrimal sac can help relieve the obstruction in the nasolacrimal duct, which is often the cause of dacryocystitis in infants.

A Mother Brings in Her Infant Because She Noticed That