Chemotherapy drugs, as well as hormonal and targeted therapies, can indeed cause eye and vision problems. Steroids and other drugs used to manage other treatment side effects can also affect your eyes.

Does blurry vision from chemo go away?

Chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hormone therapy are known to cause different eye problems. Most eye changes related to medications are temporary and go away by adjusting the dose or stopping the drugs.

What chemo does to eyes?

Some chemotherapy drugs and targeted cancer drugs can cause watery eyes. This is also called excessive tearing or epiphora (pronounced ep-if-or-ah). It can be due to a blockage in the drainage system of the eye, caused by swelling of the nearby tissues. Or your eyes may be making too many tears.