Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Other Health Discussion => Topic started by: babyjane on May 02, 2015, 11:38:27 AM
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I have a blocked tear duct, it ticks all the boxes on the NHS website. It is annoying and uncomfortable. My eye is constantly overflowing and trickling down my nose :'( and the bag under my eye has developed its own bag where the fluid is collecting :(
Has anyone else had any experience of this
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i used to have sinus problems a lot and once got a weepy eye - my GP at the time said to bathe it with cold weak tea in an eye bath a few times a day - it did work eventually - i was a bit skeptical but willing to try his method.
you may want to confirm this with someone else before trying yourself though.
Hattie X
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Not sure if it's the same thing but I had a blocked gland on an upper eyelid which swelled up and eventually came to a head.
The way of getting rid of this was to apply warm compresses 3 times a day. Also, massage the eyelids, 3 times a day, from inner to outer edges, lightly using index or middle fingers.
It may be a different thing as my eye was very dry but the bag you mention sounds similar.
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Thank you, I went to out of hours doc yesterday. If it doesn't clear itself I have to see my GP after the BH and ask for a referral to the local eye clinic.
I guess it will right itself, I will go to the clinic or learn to live with it. It is uncomfortable and I can't see properly but I doubt it is life threatening. Thank you Hattie and Limpy x
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BJ is you can't see properly please see your GP and get referred to your local eye clinic. Your optician may be able to refer you as well. When OH had a bleed within an eye his optician was a star and got him referred to the eye clinic straight away.
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i feel sure something can be done to help it Babyjane and you don't have to live with it - there was a nasty east wind at the beginning of the week do you think that might have caused it ? the wind always used to get to my sinuses.
Take care
Hattie X
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I intend to ring my GP surgery on Tuesday after the BH. The out of hours GP clinic won't do anything unless it is an emergency.
Hattie that's a thought, it started on Tuesday. :-\
thanks again, I will let you know x