Today's topic is ectropion causes symptoms complications and treatment ectropion is a condition characterized by the lower eyelid sagging or turning outwards the extent of the movement exposes the inner eyelid ectropion can be caused by many factors and ends up becoming an irritant as it causes excessive tearing and dryness of the eye you should seek medical attention if you show symptoms of this condition as letting it stay untreated can lead to significant eye damage and can even cause blindness.




Ectropion can usually be managed with eye lubricants but surgery is the only way of getting a complete cure let's look at ectropion in detail and find out how you can deal with it causes ectropion is typically caused by muscle relaxation and muscle weakness both of which happen gradually as we age because of this the risk of developing the condition increases with age other possible triggers for ectropion are: 

 1. Skin cancer. 

 2. Stroke. 

 3. Scar tissue left by burns or injuries 

 4.Injury. 

 5. Growth benign or cancerous on the eyelid. 

 6.Bell's palsy. 

 7. Rapid weight loss. 

 8.Surgery or radiation treatment around the eye. 

Birth defects caused by genetic disorders. symptoms the eyelids are responsible for lubricating your eyes with tears every time you blink the tears are collected into openings called punta these act as drains and lead the collected tears to the tear ducts ectropion affects this drainage causing symptoms such as: 

1. Excessive dryness. 

2. Irritation. 

3. Excessive tearing. 

4.Redness. 

5. Burning 

6. pink eye chronic conjunctivitis. 

The condition needs to be treated as soon as possible since the symptoms can worsen quite suddenly some advanced symptoms that you need to get checked out as soon as you experience them are 

 1. Eye pain. 

 2. Increased sensitivity to light.

 3. Decreased vision. 

 4. Rapid increase in eye redness complications living with ectropion and not having it treated can prove to be risky. Long-term irritation in the eye can result in infected pus showing up in and around your eyelid other serious complications include. 

 1 Permanent blindness. 

 2.Impaired vision. 

 3.Corneal abrasions. 

 4.Corneal ulcers. 

Treatment prior to surgery or other medical treatments you can ease symptoms of ectropion by lubricating your eye regularly you need to make sure you never rub your affected eye as it can further increase cornea damage if the condition was caused by scar tissue having the scar tissue stretched may be a good substitute for taking steroids however this does not always work surgery is the most effective treatment for ectropion. Typically it involves surgically removing part of the sagging eyelid making the remaining part firmer the surgery can be performed with a local anesthetic and you may be allowed to go home and rest the same day however for cases involving scar tissue a skin graft is required which may take longer than usual responses to surgery are usually positive provided you take the appropriate after procedure care such as wearing an eye patch for the recommended period.