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I am 20 years old and suffer from bloodshot eyes. Over the years my eyes tended to become extremely bloodshot after computer usage. In the last year or so my eyes have gotten to the point that they can be bloodshot in the evening or when I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before. None of these are likely unusual conditions. However, my eyes have always been MUCH more red than others.
So in July I went to see an eye doctor. He examined me, took pictures of the back of my eyes?, and determined that I had blepharitis and moderate dry eye. He suggested systane and baby shampoo scrub. He also put me on Azera (sp?) for 5 days. Since then - I've tried normal systane, systane ultra, refresh pf, refresh celluvisic pf, and genteal gel (for at night). My current regime is refresh pf 2-4 times a day and celluvisic if my eyes are extremely red. I also switched to OCuSOFT eye scrub pads (because I had heard bad things about using shampoo).
So here is where I am. Usually when I wake up in the morning my left eye is slightly red. However, my right eye is always moderately red in the white part of the eye on the nose side of the iris. The redness gets slowly better throughout the day. Usually, the left eye looks fine and the right eye still shows some redness (which is easier to see when I am inside). However, once 9:00 PM hits my eyes start getting much worse. The left eye becomes moderately red and the right eye gets extremely red (always the nose side of the white part). Drops at this point do not make any difference is appearance. Throughout the day I feel slight irritation when I have been on the computer for a while...however, the pain is not something that significantly bothers me. It is mainly redness. My right eye always hurts a little more however.
My question is: should I start looking for more treatments? See another eye doctor? I did not tell the last one the right eye was significantly worse (I didn't notice it at the time). Perhaps that would affect the diagnosis? Thanks for your help.
I am 20 years old and suffer from bloodshot eyes. Over the years my eyes tended to become extremely bloodshot after computer usage. In the last year or so my eyes have gotten to the point that they can be bloodshot in the evening or when I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before. None of these are likely unusual conditions. However, my eyes have always been MUCH more red than others.
So in July I went to see an eye doctor. He examined me, took pictures of the back of my eyes?, and determined that I had blepharitis and moderate dry eye. He suggested systane and baby shampoo scrub. He also put me on Azera (sp?) for 5 days. Since then - I've tried normal systane, systane ultra, refresh pf, refresh celluvisic pf, and genteal gel (for at night). My current regime is refresh pf 2-4 times a day and celluvisic if my eyes are extremely red. I also switched to OCuSOFT eye scrub pads (because I had heard bad things about using shampoo).
So here is where I am. Usually when I wake up in the morning my left eye is slightly red. However, my right eye is always moderately red in the white part of the eye on the nose side of the iris. The redness gets slowly better throughout the day. Usually, the left eye looks fine and the right eye still shows some redness (which is easier to see when I am inside). However, once 9:00 PM hits my eyes start getting much worse. The left eye becomes moderately red and the right eye gets extremely red (always the nose side of the white part). Drops at this point do not make any difference is appearance. Throughout the day I feel slight irritation when I have been on the computer for a while...however, the pain is not something that significantly bothers me. It is mainly redness. My right eye always hurts a little more however.
My question is: should I start looking for more treatments? See another eye doctor? I did not tell the last one the right eye was significantly worse (I didn't notice it at the time). Perhaps that would affect the diagnosis? Thanks for your help.
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