Guest guest Posted April 15, 1999 Report Share Posted April 15, 1999 In a message dated 4/15/99 10:24:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wendy48@... writes: << While on my 3rd type, tetracycline, I started experiencing " extremely " dry mouth. I'd wake up at night and could hardly swallow and had to constantly drink water. >> , You should check with your GP. An extremely mouth and dry eyes are both symptoms of Sjorben's Syndrome. They can test for it. Esther ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 1999 Report Share Posted April 15, 1999 I don't know about the dry mouth. But, my ocular rosacea actually started while I was on tetracycline for rosacea(which is supposed to be good for ocular rosacea of all things). So maybe once you have rosacea antibiotics can further change the flora on your face or the oil production for that matter and " kick " the ocular rosacea into being. I don't know. Just a theory. _. By the way, unless my computer is having the mechanical equivalent of a mental breakdown, and bouncing things back in some weird way, some posts have appeared with my screen name on them but they were not from me. I am neither " " nor the man with the beard. Weird. ---- you wrote: > Has anyone experienced a really dry mouth and eyes as a result of antibiotics treatments? > My derm has tried me on various types in 3 mo. intervals. While on my 3rd type, tetracycline, I started experiencing " extremely " dry mouth. I'd wake up at night and could hardly swallow and had to constantly drink water. It got to the point where my mouth was uncomfortable dry. I looked at the " common side effects leaflet " and saw nothing there about dry mouth. I called the pharmacy and they'd never heard of anything like that. I called my derm and he changed me to erthymycin. The dry mouth is not as bad now, but now my eyes are getting dry too to the point of waking up during the night and not being able to " open " them because of the dryness! Opthamalogist confirmed they are dry and noted that I do have the ocular rosacea. Could any of this dryness be related to the antibiotics even though it's not a common side effect? I'm sitting here " flushing " just thinking about having posed so many different things to the list this morning!!! Or perhaps the auto-immune things! going on in my body are starting to elevate? Wonder if the antibiotics could be causing auto-immune diseases to cause more symptoms? Any input? > wendy/houston > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > eGroups eLerts! > Exclusive discounts from the hottest online bookstores > Join Now! http://clickhere./click/20 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Hi to you all When I finally get to sleep at night and when I wake 3 or more times in the night. I wake up with a dry mouth. I am not sure if I am snoring or sleeping with my mouth open or what it is. I do not have a partner who can help me with this. I only have my mum at home. And she needs her sleep. Maybe if she is up she could look on at me and see if I am doing either. Maybe it is sleep apnea. I do not know. Any suggestions. Hugs from Kerri in Aussie Land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Greetings to Kerri in Ausie! It might be sleep apnea. The best way to check it would be to take a nap where you mum could check on you. Have her listen for heavy snoring, gasping, times when you startle awake, sudden snorts, etc. Any of these might indicate sleep apnea. From there, the next step is to go see a sleep specialist (probably with a referral from your GP). Regards, =jbf= B. Fisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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