Is it normal to be able to taste your eyedrops?!
Question: everytime i put them in i can taste them they are antibiotics and taste rank
Answers: everytime i put them in i can taste them they are antibiotics and taste rank
Yes its completely normal. Your eyes and tear ducts are connected to your sinuses and then to your throat. I use eyedrops all the time and can quite often taste the medicine. Doctor's will even tell you during an eye exam if they use drops that you may get a weird taste in your mouth.
Grab some gum or something right afterwards and that will take care of it.
No, it is not normal. Stop doing it, you will have serious problems.
I thought i was the only one! I used to have blocked tear ducts, and i had to take them everyday for a couple of months, they taste disgusting!
Everyone I've ever talked to about it says they can taste them, too.
Of course! When a person cries, some of the tears drain internally to the back of the nose and throat. So it is normal to be able to taste your eyedrops.
Yes. At the inside corner to each lid (upper and lower) there is a tiny hole called a lacrimal duct. If you look closely in the mirror and pull down your lower lid you will be able to see the bottom tear duct at the inside corner of the edge of the lower lid.
The purpose of this hole is to drain tears from the eye. These tears drain through the lacrimal ductwork into the back of the nose at the top of the throat. From there they are swallowed down the throat. Many prescription eye drops have a bitter taste and guess where the bitter taste buds are on the tongue. That's right. At the back of the tongue right where the drops are entering the throat.
If you've ever wondered why when people cry; their nose runs -now you know why. The excessive tears produced from crying flow down the lacrimal canals into the nose.
Hope this helps!.