tear duct fluid, testing sample

[Guest guest]

how would I go about haveing some of this sticky tear duct fluid tested by

realtime labs for mold growth? if I could get a doctor to swab it and send that

way would that work?

[Guest guest]

Collect as much as possilbe on a Q-tip. Do not fail to test for both mold and

Gram negative/positive bacteria.

[] tear duct fluid, testing sample

how would I go about haveing some of this sticky tear duct fluid tested by

realtime labs for mold growth? if I could get a doctor to swab it and send that

way would that work?

[Guest guest]

I'd like to know if it's worth doing, I've been reading alittle on this and

wonder with the damage I recieved to my sinuses and around my eyes,eyes if the

problem with the blocked tear ducts is a result of damage in the sinuses or

weither this is a result of damage and colonization somewhere in that area.

just not sure what it would prove without knowing the reason why it's happening.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18350298

[Anatomy and physiology of efferent tear ducts].

[Article in German]

sen F.

Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, -Luther-Universität

Halle-Wittenberg, Grosse Steinstrasse 52, 06097 Halle, Deutschland.

friedrich.paulsen@...

Abstract

The human nasolacrimal ducts consist of the upper and lower lacrimal canaliculi,

the lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal duct and drain tear fluid from the ocular

surface into the nose. The lining epithelium of the lacrimal sac and the

nasolacrimal duct is lined by microvilli supporting the hypothesis that tear

fluid components are absorbed. Based on its composition epithelial secretions

fulfill functions in tear transport and antimicrobial defense. Further defense

mechanisms are displayed by IgA and defense cells which show a special

intraepithelial and subepithelial distribution. Moreover, tear duct-associated

lymphoid tissue (TALT) is present, displaying the cytomorphological and

immunophenotypic features of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). The

mechanisms of tear outflow are not yet resolved and several hypotheses exist.

Significance is attributed to the lacrimal part of the orbicularis eye muscle

surrounding the canaliculi, the helically arranged system of connective tissue

fibres and the cavernous body that surrounds the lacrimal sac and the

nasolacrimal duct. Moreover, the cavernous body has a function in protecting the

lacrimal passage and is active during emotions.

The Cavernous Body of the Human Efferent Tear Ducts Contributes to Regulation of

Tear Outflow

http://www.iovs.org/content/44/11/4900.full

The Cavernous Body of the Human Efferent Tear Ducts: Function in Tear Outflow

Mechanism

http://www.iovs.org/content/41/5/965.full

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