Natural treatment for blocked tear ducts?

Two years before I got sick and ended up in the hospital I had issues with a blocked tear duct for my left eye. This might have been of the pre-illness issues. I still have that problem 11 years later and it has been worse in the last years. When it's colder outside I have more problems and as it's blocked I get water in my left eye a lot when I'm outside.

Using a warm spoon, neti pot and lymph massage helps some but doesn’t seem to solve the problem. Maybe if I did it more often, but not at the current frequency.

For my dry eyes, so not this problem, cod liver oil, liposomal vitamin-c, warm eye mask, and eating/drinking things that help with hydration like a smoothie with cucumber, chia seeds, etc help.

I would rather not get an operation for this, but it is an issue that needs to be fixed. It's worse when I'm herxing/pushing a lot of toxins, so it might be related to that. Using argentyn 23 nasal spray more often could be good, but I'm not sure if there is anything else I should do.

Hard to say if NAC helps. I mostly take glutathione instead about once a week but we got a bottle of NAC that I haven't taken in ages so just took one. NAC has a lot of other good qualities so maybe I should experiment with taking it.

good luck

will pass on my experiences in case it sof any help

i am 50-60% recovered and only moderately sensitive - but i had to start on only 1 drop of oil of oregano ( with the product i am using this was only 18mg carvacrol ) and it caused noticeable herx like reactions- its powerful stuff

but beware - all the products out there vary in strength - many of them are dilutions of say 20% oil of Oregano and 80% olive oil for instance - so doses for that would be higher

some manufacturers labelling is not at all clear what exactly is in the bottle - best avoided

after 6 weeks or so i am still only at 5 drops a day - 90mg carvacrol and still feeling it

bromelain also caused me strong herx reactions - started with 1/2 a 500mg capsule of 3000gdu per gram bromelain by Doctors Best - now on 2 capsules a day - but this took 6 weeks to build up also

Light headache and some back pain so we will see how this goes. It's good that I'm working 100 % from home today.
The people at work still don’t know anything about my illness.

sorry to hear that Deep

your healthy routine is obviously helping you function well - despite the infection also being present - good on you

i have struggled with the idea of focussing mainly on detox and lifestyle for symptoms reduction
while letting the bugs continue to do their thing inside me (even though i am sure it does help reduce symptoms and allow you to function well - and in your case remarkably well ) i am just concerned about what more random damage the infections can do ( i have already had my fair share of random problems caused by these things) - and typically we only find out too late when the damage is done - so i want to focus on getting them gone - or at least well under control by my immune system.

but making myself so sick from herx like reactions that i cannot function for months on end doesn't seem to work either

what i have found over years of experimenting is - if i do only sporadic treatments - i never seem to get used to them -
or rather the herx like reactions are always strong - and by the time i get over them ( sometimes takes weeks ) i am more or less back to where i was before.
often with short sharp shock type treatment that i planned to take for a few weeks - i felt so awful after a few days or weeks that i would have to stop - and didn't really move forward

so, the type of treatments that have definitely moved me forward are the ones where i start out with very low doses - but just keep gradually building them up at a rate i can feel the mild herx like reactions from - but at a level where i can still function - still sleep reasonably OK - and still exercise etc

it means starting at 1/20th or less of my eventual target ( rather than whatever it says on the bottle or what other people say to take etc ) - and then building up slowly over time - maybe 10-20% increases each 4-5 days often works out OK

the start dose is not actually important -as long as its tolerable - the end dose is whatever i feel is safe long term

when i reach max dose - and i think its helping - i simply keep that treatment going and add another complementary treatment alongside it (basically all the things in my signature - but added one at a time over the last 2 years) and just keep building the approach like that.

i came by this approach after i had little or no progress for 5 years with sporadic treatments - but now using this systematic approach i have gone from near housebound and permanently fatigued, super reactive to treatments and hardly able to even look after myself - to working out 30 mins 3-4x a week and walking 3-4 miles at a fast clip each day.

i also still have quite a long way to go - so i know how you feel - but i do feel i now at least have a viable way forward that is working and will get me there in time

the benefits are that by doing this you keep the herx reactions under control - and can still function

just intended as some encouragement and maybe food for thought

both bromelain and oil of O are heavy hitters for me - so both together would give most people with any lyme / bart etc going on a bit of a pasting

I have had a lot of problems with this and when I had a lymph massage I got the advice to very gently use an electric toothbrush where the tear duct goes, but not close to the eyes, so a bit below. The first time I tried this it was as a lot better the next day and I went for a forest walk when it was cold with almost no problems.

After having a hard night on Saturday when we were out late I decided to try again yesterday. This time I got some tears in my left eye(where I have problems) and it smelled awful. I had to wash my face multiple times to get it to go away. And after this, it has been a lot worse.

I tried the normal health care in Sweden today where I got to chat with them, and it's insane how stupid they are. Their advice was to massage and eye drops, which I have already done for ages. I don’t take eye drops now but I have in the past. I ended up booking 15 min with a doctor for $160 to get some help, where I have that meeting on Wednesday. Hopefully, I get some help and I wouldn’t be surprised if I have to pay myself for some help after that also, but right now it's very hard around this.

I have had huge relief from this. Yesterday I was walking outside for 1.5 hours at -8 degrees Celius with no problem. Same today when I was on a calisthenics class with a lot of push-ups. Before my left eye could start running from just tying my shoes.

hi deep, I can’t help but to think you were on the right track by continuing to treat the underlying infections and pathogenesis. My dear, late dad also suffered with a blocked tear duct. He actually had a stent put in to try and remedy the problem. I’m not sure how well it worked though as he was well into senior hood by the time that happened.

For many years he dealt with his eyes tearing mostly every morning. He didn’t even have to step outside for it to start. Being the intelligent man he was he tried to eliminate variables that he thought may be causing it. For example for a short while he tried not drinking his morning coffee.

Throughout my Lyme disease journey I have thought as I have posted many times here that he may in fact have been dealing with not only Lyme disease but mold illness along with other pathogenic issues. For example, I have found my eyes tearing upon waking in the morning as well. My symptom is not as severe as his but nevertheless it is there.

I have wondered if the tearing isn’t some type of immune system reaction. Perhaps a histamine release in response to which ever pathogen my system is dealing with

I hope you find some relief from this issue.

Blessings

Rainy,

I just watched that video you linked. I didn’t try it, but I clicked on his channel and saw he has a video for relieving POTS. I thought that was interesting since many here have POTS symptoms.

Thanks and I have tried the video. I'm better now but not good. But as it's not as cold anymore it's easier anyways.