Watery eyes and red eyelids-Herceptin?

[Ellie F]

Hi Karen
Here in England heart scans are done 3 monthly whilst on herceptin. There are moves now I hear to extend this interval to 4 months. hope this helps
Ellie

[DianneS]

Hi Karen,

Not that you asked about Canada but we have echocardiograms every 3 months here in Canada...at least in British Columbia.

[DiDi70]

I also have red and watery eyes - no itching though. I developed dry eyes when on Adriamycin and Cyclophosphamide and I was sent to an Opthalmologist by my Oncologist. The Opthalmologist said that my eyes were over-producing tears due to the drying effect of chemotherapy and said that it would take several months to clear up post-treatment. She prescribed Systane eyedrops 4 times a day and it has certainly helped a lot. Chemo ended for me in June and the Herceptin which I have been on since March continues to cause the same eye symptoms but to a far lesser extent. The drops have been a wonderful help to me and my eyes aren`t streaming anymore.
Also, the Opthalmologist advised me to use J&J baby shampoo on a warm, wet cloth and wash my eyelids, particularly the lash line, 4 times per day. She said it would help prevent ingrown eyelashes when mine were starting to grow back in and she also said it would be important to "scrub" the lashline to remove all debris caused by constantly watering eyes. It worked! I didn't have even one ingrown eyelash and my eyelashes are back! Woo hoo!!!!

My Oncologist said I could take an anti-histamine to help with the other Herceptin side-effects, such as drippy nose and sinus problems, but I haven`t taken any as of yet as I am tired of swallowing pills. Blech.

I used an old silk scarf to wipe my eyes rather than tissues and it was far less irritating to my eyes.


Hope this helps.

DiDi

[pibikay]

My wife has red eyes irritation and uneasiness. She was using eye drops to reduce the redness.During her last herceptin the redness became very prominent. The chemo nurse stopped the infusion and called my wife's Onc and the duty optholmogist. They prescriped an eye drop to reduce the irritation and also some antibiotic eye drops.But as soon as the infusion was stopped the redness got reduced by the time the duty optho reached my wife and the duty optho was not very pleased with the chemo nurse