A five-year-old girl suffering from Down Syndrome, who was also being treated for Nasolacrimal Outflow Drainage Anomaly, a rare eye condition, has now finally got relief from tearing of eyes. The girl was diagnosed with a rare eye condition at birth. This condition causes an obstruction in the nasal route, resulting in tearing of the eyes. It causes patients to develop symptoms of tearing, caused due to an imbalance between tear production and drainage function. The medical complications such as mental illness, cardiac problem, the constant watering in her eyes caused the girl distress, which ultimately affected her daily activities. Nasreen Sarafe, a relative of the patient, said, "We earlier thought that tearing of eyes was due to down syndrome. We tried giving her medical treatment by visiting various ENT clinics. She was also undergoing treatment in civic-run KEM Hospital for a year. But there was no improvement in her eye condition." Rare Condition A five-year-old girl was being treated for Nasolacrimal Outflow Drainage Anomaly This condition causes an obstruction in the nasal route, resulting in tearing of the eyes Later the parents sought further treatment at the Department of Visual Sciences, Hiranandani Hospital Vashi, where her case was evaluated by the doctors. Dr Harshvardhan Ghorpade, Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgeon, said, "Looking at her condition, she was advised to undergo an Endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy, a safe and minimally invasive procedure. It is usually not performed on an infant but given the severity of her condition, we had to operate on her which involved joining the eye and nasal ducts, allowing drainage of the liquid through the nose. If she wouldn't have undergone surgery, later on, she would have been susceptible to losing eyesight in both her eyes." Sunil Morekar, Ophthalmologist plastic surgeon at the hospital, said, "Usually, where the baby has down syndrome, the doctors don't risk by doing surgery. Antibiotics are given as a medicine."

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