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I have a hard bump like thing on the left part of the bridge

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I have a hard bump like thing on the left part of the bridge of my nose. It feels like bone hard, near corner of my eye. Any ideas?

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It sounds like you may be suffering from dacryocystitis, which is an infection/inflammation of the lacrimal sac. This structure is where the tears from your eyes drain. When it becomes plugged up it can get infected and form a hard lump along the edge of your nose, by the corner of your eye.

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Treatment involves warm compresses and oral antibiotics. Sometimes the sac need to be probed by your ophthalmologist and, in some cases, surgery (dacyrocystorhinostomy) is necessary.

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I suggest you contact an ophthalmologist in the morning and have her take a look at it.

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Does this make sense to you?

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Here is an excellent article on this topic:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1210688-treatment

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