Blocked Tear Ducts
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Twitch/spasm in Tear Duct
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on April 5, 2011
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I have been getting a twitch or muscle spasm in my eye near the tear duct for 4 days now. Sometimes it twitches so badly that it makes my vision shake on that side. ...
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- This is a pretty common stress reaction -- I've had eyelid twitches with stress (and none since my daughter was born, oddly). But do see a doctor right away to rule ou...
- its a stress point...It happend to me in Jan for about 3 weeks. Try releaving any stress in your life...if you cant, then you need to go excersize..the endorphines wi...
- I used to get that all the time in college dur4ing finals... not enough sleep and too much reading. I get it sometimes now if I do a lot of computer work over a short...
13 Mo Old Having a Bilateral Nasolacrimal Duct (NLD) Probe Done?????
Asked by L.M. from Chicago
on January 10, 2008
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Hi,
We brought our 13 month old to a pediatric Ophthalmologist today. Her eyes constantly tear. I thought something may be blocked, but had no idea this would be ...
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- hi my grandkids call me gramma cc mother of six 5 boys one daughter, gramma of 9, 5 boys 4 girls..not a doctor,but in todays world my advise always, always get a s...
- I'm an optometrist, and one of my twin boys (now 10 yrs old) had the same problem. Typically babies are supposed to grow out of it by age 12 mos, but if they do not, ...
- My youngest had this procedure done. We were worried for nothing. She came through like a trooper. They took her to the or, we went down the hall to get a cup of...
My 2Yr Old Is Having Surgery.....
Asked by J.P. from Washington DC
on May 20, 2008
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My two year old boy is having surgery on 5/22/08 to unclog his tear ducts. They have been that way since he was 2 weeks old. It is only a problem when he is sick becau...
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- Hi J., I do not have any experience with this and I don't know any one who has, but I do have friends whose children had to get tubes. I may actually wind up being...
- Hi there. I dont have any advice to give but Id like to say "good luck". Im sure youre feeling anxious - I would be too. Did you check out the surgeons background/ ...
- J., my 21 mo had this done 2 weeks ago. we were at the hospital for only 2 hours and the procedure took only 30 min. You walk him back and hold him while they put a ...
Tubes Fell Out of My Sons Eye!!!
Asked by B.L. from Cleveland
on October 23, 2011
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my son has really bad clogged tear ducts so they put tubes in his eyes to help unclog them. he has a little bit of cartilege removed as it was blocking the tears from ...
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- I've not personally experienced this with my kids. My girlfriend did with her daughter. When I was with her, she would prepare warm compresses and hold them on her dau...
- I hope you took him right back to the Dr who put them in!! If not, call them Monday to make an appt! P.S. How old is he? My daughter had really bad clogged tear d...
- We had our daughter's eye fixed as she had a clogged duct as well. But it was just one eye. After the surgery they had put a stint in to hold it open. It wasn't a tube...
Dry Eyes
Asked by G.S. from Houston
on March 25, 2008
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Any suggestions? I've been to optometrist and opthamologist and have used countless eye drops, including Restasis and Klear Kote, but am hoping to find something inte...
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- I wish I knew the answer for you Vicki. I'm a 41/mom of 2 boys and now my eyes are so dry I can barely keep them open and am always trying to rub them with lids close...
- Try Eye Vitamins, make sure they have lutein and bilberry buy from a Health food store. they helped us. Oly
- My optomologist recommend that I take flaxseed oil, I believe it's 1000 mg or units per day. You might try it - I know how dry eyes can be. I tried the Restasis and ...
Goop in Baby's Eye
Asked by K.S. from San Francisco
on September 25, 2010
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Hi there,
My neice is 9-weeks old. Just yesterday she started getting a little bit of goop coming from one of her eyes. She has not been exposed to pink eye and doe...
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- This has happened to all three of my kids. It like a cold in the eye. The doctor gave us some drops that cleared it up in a few days.
- My son had goop (greenish yellow) coming from one of his eyes for months.. till he was about 5mos. I used some erythromycin a couple of times, which clears it up.... ...
- Yes! My daughter had a clogged tear duct at that age. But, the pediatrician wanted to see her just to rule out infection.
" Advice About Child's Eyes "
Asked by D.M. from San Diego
on April 12, 2007
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Ever since my daughter was born, she has had a great deal of green gunk in both of her eyes. Sometimes it's so bad, she can't open her eyes. I've asked her doctor ab...
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- Hey D., I know how you feel, my best friend's daughter is going thru the same thing...her Pediatrician gave her some eye drops and told them to massage her eyes. The...
- In response to something another mom said about an infection not lasting so long, my son had conjunctivitis (a similar infection to pink-eye) and his eyes gooped for h...
- Hi, Been where you are. She would wake up with her eye crusted shut. The doctor would say use a warm wet cloths and massage the tear duct...yadda, yadda. I guess...
Chronic Eye Discharge
Asked by L.P. from Charleston
on February 5, 2008
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Since my 20 month old was a newborn she has had reoccurring eye infections. Her eyes will tear and drain a yellow discharge which dries and sticks to her eyelashes. ...
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- I don't know if this specialist exists but someone like a pedio optometrist might help. Maybe you can call an opthal- mologist's office in your area for advice or a d...
- I had this problem with my oldest daughter who is now almost 7. After a while the doctor finally said she had blocked ducts. There is a quick procedure to fix the prob...
- Has your peds doctor checked to see if their tear drops are clogged? My neice had that problem and they did a very quick and milt surgery to unclogg her tear drops
I Need Advice Before a Doc Appointment 4/1-Seeking Advice
Asked by S.H. from Minneapolis
on March 25, 2008
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My son is 18 months old and has had blocked tear ducts since he was born. We had surgery done in mid February with follow-up drops. The experience wasn't great, noth...
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- My son (who is 4 1/2 now) had his tear ducts probed at age 22 months for the teary, goopy eyes but also for chronic nasal drainage. They put the little tubes in that ...
- I dont have personal experience with this but I have had two friends who did and both their children ended up doing fine without the surgery. It just kinda cleared it...
- My son had a blocked duct and thank god it fixed itself right before the procedure. The nurse told me not to take him by myself, but to go with my husband or someone c...
atiWatery Eyes
Asked by K.C. from Omaha
on November 28, 2011
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My son had clogged tear ducts as a baby. He had surgery when he was one to probe his tear ducts. His is 3 now and his eyes still seem to water all the time and he is...
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- He might have allergies. Do you have a house cat? He could be allergic to something he eats. I use Similisan Allergy Eyes to keep my eyes from tearing and getting c...
- Take him to a naturopathic doctor and have him tested for food allergies and food intolerances. Sometimes, what is seen externally is because there is a problem intern...
- Not familiar with the probing surgery, but regardless of past problems, I'd take him to the pediatrician and get their take on it, just to make sure this isn't somethi...
