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Can eyedrops cause a bad taste in mouth?

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Frizbe · 20/11/2006 21:48

Just taken one eye drop for conjunctivitis, and now have a really horrible taste in the back of my mouth, which is causing me to keep swilling my mouth with water, any ideas as to why this has happened??

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NotQuiteCockney · 20/11/2006 21:50

Because your eyes drain into your sinuses, and your sinuses drain into the back of your throat.

It's all connected!

(If you are BF, breastmilk sorts it out very well, and doesn't taste bad, or hurt when you put it in your eye.)

LaylaandSethsmum · 20/11/2006 21:50

Yep, you can normally taste them, the sinus cavity drains into your throat which is why you can taste them

LaylaandSethsmum · 20/11/2006 21:51

Frizbe, have been meaning to asking to ask for ages but is it you that lives in Ripley?

Frizbe · 20/11/2006 22:00

Argh, so that's why, ick, ick, ick , Yes it is me, are you nearby??
Soz, gotta go fly, have dd2 with chicken pox, and is screaming place down

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LaylaandSethsmum · 20/11/2006 22:05

I'm in kilburn!

LadyOfThePoinsettias · 20/11/2006 22:06

gross, but yes. it runs down the back to your throat.

Frizbe · 20/11/2006 22:17

Ah ha! just down 't' road then

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