Ear - Eye - Nose... all affected?

[maarten]

I had a left side tumor removed surgically. I have severe dry eye on tumor side as I'm no longer producing tears. It seems my left nasal passge is also affected...constant bleeds and difficulty breathing/congested. Everything always on left side. I know the dry eye is a very common after effect, but does anyone have similar issues with nasal passage? Thanks!

[Tod]

I do. In my case it is because of the hemifacial spasms/synkenesis that is pulling my nose to the upper left of my face and collapsing my nostril. However, given the other minor issues I have, I would not be surprised if your problem was related to nerve involvement/trauma.

On the other hand, it could be completely unrelated.

-Tod

[mk]

I have the same problem. My right eye does not produce tears, and my right nostril is always extremely dry (whereas my left is constantly runny because of allergic rhinitis). My ENT thinks that the nose dryness is associated to the dry eye, because all these passages being connected.
I try to keep my nostril moist as much as possible. I use products like Rhinaris, and a non medicated hydrating spray (nasogel, which contains sodium hyaluronate). The various saline nasal rinses can also help. You can find these products OTC, you will need to experiment quite a bit to find which one works for you.

Marianna

[Chances3]

I know this sounds crazy, but on my surgical side, my left eye tears terrible and my left nostril runs but this only happens when I eat - go figure.  Aside from that, my eyes and nose work well.

Sorry to hear your problem.

[chloes mema]

Like Chances3, my left eye waters a lot & my left nostril runs a lot; I figured it's from the facial spasms.  I use an OTC eye drop since my opthamologist said when you produce a lot of tears it really means you're suffering from dry eye.  As far as the nose goes, I now carry Kleenex with me all the time.

Good luck.

Karen

[nancyann]

With my paralyzed side I also have runny nose & teary eye, go figure!

[Jill Marie]

I too have quite a few nose bleed episodes, one quite a few years ago that I should have gone to the ER for, went to the doctor the next day.  I was told it had nothing to do with the tumor but I disagree as I continue to get them now and then on the tumor side even after they cauterized the spot in my nose that they say was causing the bleeds.  My eye doesn't water unless I break into a sweat while getting some exercise, my nose runs then as well, tumor side only of course.   

[spgreenfield]

I can match your dry eye and nose and raise you reduced saliva!  It's been over a year since my surgery, but I have seen improvements.  BUT I also went to a very specialized acupuncturist locally as well.   I haven't been in a while due to financial reasons, but since I have movement and some feeling on the AN side I was confident that the nerves were all connected and just confused.  My eye, I had a tear duct plug put in only in the lower duct (she said she could put an upper one in if I needed it) and that really helped.  It's still in, but I only have "adequate" tears - not pooling as there would be if I needed to have it removed. Maarten - not sure how long ago your surgery was, but it took nearly a year for me to be able to back off the amounts of drops I was having to use.....hopefully you will find it improves for you as well....

Pam