Yesterday's visit to the opticians was very successful. As soon as she took one look at my eyes as I walked in she said she thought she knew what was wrong. She gave me a thorough health check on my eyes and confirmed her early diagnosis that I had Blepharitis. I had never heard of this but I see from some of yesterday's comments that some of you know about this complaint.
The optician said it was very common and I have to ask myself why four different pharmacists did not suggest this - just sold me different eye drops and ointments none of which helped!! I have had this since March!!
It seems this is like eczema of the eyelid and needs daily eye hygiene. I have to wipe the edge of the eyelid with a cotton bud with hot water or even baby shampoo. Then the heat pad for 5 minutes. This has to be done twice a day for now and I maybe able to reduce it to once. No cure and once you have it you always have it and have to follow the above instructions.
I have done it twice now - last night and this morning and I can feel a soothing already.
Many thanks to you all for your kind words and suggestions. Very much appreciated!!
crumbs pam that doesn't sound much fun though. good that you know what it is now though, i guess, and hopefully the eye hygiene will indeed continue to soothe
Oh Pam I am so happy to read this! I have been suffering with it for way over a year now! Tried everything on this planet, but no specialist suggested a cotton bud and warm water!! I will have to see if anyone stocks a heat pad! Thanks for the update and hope yours improves soon 🧐
@ludwigsdiana I bought some liquid specially for this condition plus a pack of wipes. It says to use a cotton pad - you know the little circular pads with the liquid or warm water or baby shampoo. Massage closed eyes on the lids. Then drawer your eyelid down and wipe it. Use a new pad on the other eye. Then 5 minutes with the heat eye pad. Twice a day. My eyes felt great this morning after doing this. The soreness and feeling of bits in my eyes came back couple of hours later. It is obviously worth trying Diana if it gives some respite to the horrible feeling in your eyes! Good luck! I’ll keep you updated!
Early days sound encouraging Pam...so very relieved for you. I would hate sore eyes so I couldn’t read...such an easy solution too once you know what’s wrong! The first day & you have relief already, fantastic!
Glad to hear this is what it is - thought it might be. I am going to try to be more diligent about my own treatments - I hope. I really have trouble opening my eyes in the middle of the night - seem glued together which should be telling me to get with it!
Glad to see that you got your diagnosis after all this time. I guess, given all of the possibilities, this is a pretty good outcome. A bit of a hassle for the daily requirements, but thankful that a few preventative steps can keep your issues at bay.
@pamknowler Thanks so much Pam, I will definitely give it a try! The specialist told me to use navi blef, which is a foam 4 x daily. It burns my eyes so I stopped it a few months ago. Hoping your eyes will be back to normal soon :-)
August 23rd, 2020
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