EXCESSIVE WATERING EYES

[Ella59]

I have had normal tension glaucoma for about 12 years, I’ve had a variety of eye drops for 10 years and a Deep Scleretomy operation on my right eye 18 months ago which now needs a Bleb adjustment. For the last few years I have had a real problem with watering eyes which has gone worse in my right eye since the operation. I do use Dry Eye drops several times a day which don’t make any difference and I have mentioned this to my Consultant but it is brushed off as an over reaction of my eyes to using various eye drops over a long period.

Does anyone else have this problem and found a solution to it? I have distorted vision since the operation as the pressure in my right eye is only 4 but I have become accustomed to that, it is the excessive watering with tears accumulating on my eye lids that is preventing me from seeing .

I would be grateful of any suggestions to improve this as it is preventing me from going out at times.

[jesolo12]

Try antihistamines see if it helps..I was on new drops and my eyes watered and watered could hardly see..After the antihistamines and stopping the drops it cleared up.

[Ella59 in reply to jesolo12]

Thank you for your suggestion, I will try them. I’m willing to try anything to reduce this watering.

[Dance007]

I find that Xailin Night helps, along with drops during the day. And using a heated eye mask twice a day.

[Ella59 in reply to Dance007]

Thanks for replying. I never thought about a heated eye mask, I’m definitely going to give that a try along with night creme and drops.

[Longwalks3]

I would also suggest that you ask a doctor to check whether you have a blocked tear duct. I had this problem in my right eye and it caused me a lot of vision problems as tears just sat on the surface of my eye all the time. I had a very successful operation to solve this annoying problem.

[Ella59 in reply to Longwalks3]

Thanks for your reply. That sounds exactly the same as I am experiencing, the tearing is a lot worse than my distorted sight. I will definitely enquire about this at my next appointment.