Red eyes for the past 6-7 years.

[pritzzy]

exactly same symptoms

Are your eyes red ALL the time, or do you have periods of time when they are not? For instance, when I wake up in the morning my eyes are red but within 10 minutes or so, they clear. They are mostly clear all morning, and feel comfortable (maybe a bit itchy, etc.) and not very dry. The veins are sparse and barely there.

But then in the afternoon my eyes feel like they start to dry out, the veins get more noticeable, bigger, redder. Sometimes I get more veins when my eyes itch/burn more, and I know allergies are bothering me. If I got outside without goggles and it's cold or windy, my eyes both sting tremendously and I know they are drying out and they get VERY bloodshot. Usually by nighttime I am using more drops because without them my eyes get realllllly red and dry. Then I go to bed, they look pretty red and I wake up in the morning to clearer eyes that are more hydrated.

Do you have any cycles you can determine in your daily routine with your eyes? Might help find out what the cause of the redness is....

i have exactly the same syptoms as Nanerpus.. as per the doc its allergies. i've been using anti allergy meds and drops for more than 2 months now.. i'm 20 and never had any eye prob prior to this.. jst want this to end soon... :/

[Nanerpus]

Are your eyes red ALL the time, or do you have periods of time when they are not? For instance, when I wake up in the morning my eyes are red but within 10 minutes or so, they clear. They are mostly clear all morning, and feel comfortable (maybe a bit itchy, etc.) and not very dry. The veins are sparse and barely there.

But then in the afternoon my eyes feel like they start to dry out, the veins get more noticeable, bigger, redder. Sometimes I get more veins when my eyes itch/burn more, and I know allergies are bothering me. If I got outside without goggles and it's cold or windy, my eyes both sting tremendously and I know they are drying out and they get VERY bloodshot. Usually by nighttime I am using more drops because without them my eyes get realllllly red and dry. Then I go to bed, they look pretty red and I wake up in the morning to clearer eyes that are more hydrated.

Do you have any cycles you can determine in your daily routine with your eyes? Might help find out what the cause of the redness is....

[qwertyu]

It MIGHT be a mini-erosion. Redness and pain would be consistent with that, as well as the rapid healing. In an erosion, there's an injury to the cornea either spontaneously (like in severe dryness) or when cells are ripped off the surface of the cornea like when the top lid 'sticks' down to the cornea slightly at night. Bad erosions will cause a great deal of pain, redness, blurred vision etc. but very mild ones have mild symptoms. - You won't get an erosion diagnosed unless you see the doctor while it's still happening.

Thanks for that! Never heard of it before but sounds plausible. After reading on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_corneal_erosion ) it seems that I can prevent it without contact a doctor? So I will give it a try.

But what does "not sleeping-in late" mean?

Since I started with long-lasting drops before bed this has never occurred again! Saying thanks over the Internet can't describe how thankful I'm. Unbelievable that my doctors can't say "It MIGHT be a mini-erosion..." when I tell them I sometime wake up with one part of my eye red. It's not that I will take if for granted but it might be worth looking into...

But this is just a minor part of my problems and I'm still looking for other problems that cause the inflammation.

This morning I did the regular eyelid massage after a long warm shower, after squeezing out some tear film I wanted to see what would happen if I did not clean my eyelids with a q-tip afterward. My eyes felt "watery" which I guess is normal due to the extra tear film I squeezed out. But I could also feel and see many 'floaters' and some seems to stick together, after a moment I got this 'white stuff' in the corner of my eye (outside where upper and bottom eyelid meets). It's just a few millimeter caused by my own tear film, probably million of floaters and stuff.
Is this normal? I know the tear film should be clear and it seems to be that when I squeeze it out.

Do like Rebecca, throw out anything your thinking of.

[Nanerpus]

Not that I know of. No doctor has said anything.

When I read on the forum it seems that many people are helped my "steroid drops", even in the long term. For me they only help for about 1-2 weeks then it goes back to normal when I still use it. Does anyone have a clue why?

And it's often worse later in the night. Maybe because my eyes are tired? Does that sounds like allergy to you guys?

Is it usual that anti-allergy doesn't help while you are still being exposed to the cause?

Allegra and topical pataday drops don't seem to help me much, and I definitely am suffering from allergies.

I guess it depends on the strength of the steroids probably?

[qwertyu]

Do you know if you have a pinquecula at all? That might be worth looking into. It's a harmless raised area, but can cause problems if you have dry eye - in my case. It gets red and irritated all the time, especially after I have been sleeping or exercising - lack of tears.

Not that I know of. No doctor has said anything.

When I read on the forum it seems that many people are helped my "steroid drops", even in the long term. For me they only help for about 1-2 weeks then it goes back to normal when I still use it. Does anyone have a clue why?

And it's often worse later in the night. Maybe because my eyes are tired? Does that sounds like allergy to you guys?

Is it usual that anti-allergy doesn't help while you are still being exposed to the cause?

[soxboy]

Surgery

I am having the surgery that Dr. Boxer preforms by another doctor in New Jersey. I am excited , but nervous at the same time; not for any other reason except the fact that this is the end of the road for a solution!

[TARYN]

surgery

What surgery are you having?

[soxboy]

Eye Whitening

After years and years of suffering from constant bloodshot and glassy eyes , I will have the surgery on Thursday........I pray it works and ends my years of agony with this relentless condition.................

[Nanerpus]

My eyes are IDENTICAL to yours *almost* if I close them for a nap or look at them in the middle of the night. Mine is always a half moon red spot on the nasal side. But that's where I have the pinquecula in each eye, and I have always assumed it's that raised area being a bit irritated by lack of tears.

Also, my eyes are VERY bad with allergies. I think possibly you are having some allergy problems - they look similar to mine when they are bad (at the present moment). Very red.

Do you know if you have a pinquecula at all? That might be worth looking into. It's a harmless raised area, but can cause problems if you have dry eye - in my case. It gets red and irritated all the time, especially after I have been sleeping or exercising - lack of tears.

[qwertyu]

It MIGHT be a mini-erosion. Redness and pain would be consistent with that, as well as the rapid healing. In an erosion, there's an injury to the cornea either spontaneously (like in severe dryness) or when cells are ripped off the surface of the cornea like when the top lid 'sticks' down to the cornea slightly at night. Bad erosions will cause a great deal of pain, redness, blurred vision etc. but very mild ones have mild symptoms. - You won't get an erosion diagnosed unless you see the doctor while it's still happening.

Thanks for that! Never heard of it before but sounds plausible. After reading on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_corneal_erosion ) it seems that I can prevent it without contact a doctor? So I will give it a try.

But what does "not sleeping-in late" mean?

[Rebecca Petris]

It MIGHT be a mini-erosion. Redness and pain would be consistent with that, as well as the rapid healing. In an erosion, there's an injury to the cornea either spontaneously (like in severe dryness) or when cells are ripped off the surface of the cornea like when the top lid 'sticks' down to the cornea slightly at night. Bad erosions will cause a great deal of pain, redness, blurred vision etc. but very mild ones have mild symptoms. - You won't get an erosion diagnosed unless you see the doctor while it's still happening.

[qwertyu]

I'm back, same as before but I have one question.

Sometimes when I wake up one part of my eye is really bloodshot. So either left/right side of my left/right eye. Two days ago it was decent in both eyes, then I went to bed and when I woke up yesterday the left part of my right eye was really red. I also had some foreign body sensation there.

Later that day it went away by itself without any trace of it...

Today when I woke up it was the same but in my left eye. Has this anything to do with allergy? Why does it only show up after sleep? What can it be?

http://tinypic.com/r/258b14k/7

[qwertyu]

gwertyu: How are you holding up? Did you try putting your drops in the refridgerator? How about a cold compress?

I did try putting the drops in the fridge and using a cold compress in the morning and night. I know it's early but I can't say that I notice any different.

However this only treat the symptom and not the cause. How can I find out what the cause is? I know it's worse at my work than here at home.
Air? Mold? Lights?......

Late edit to prevent bumping:
I found some old pictures of my eye(eyes) in the middle of the night. But I find it really hard to post decent pictures. In one angel it might look perfect, in another bad. Without flash too dark to see, with flash it might be completely white.

But I have to say these pictures pretty much describe what I might see in the bathroom. These pictures kinda resemble the "worst" period of a day.
I guess one picture is before I go to sleep, 2 pictures in the middle of the night, and one when I decide to go up.
http://img94.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=42585784.jpg

This week I will probably visit a new clinic and try from the beginning one last time.

[Nanerpus]

We just put a dehumidifier in the bathroom, and I'm going to clean really well again with some bleach today. We do have a large hepa air purifier in the main room, plus a small one by the bed. Our vaccumm in a Centra Vac unit, so it's essentially a hose that you plug in that is embedded in the walls and all the dirt goes downstairs into our basement in the reservoir. I'll have to look into how and if we can put a hepa filter in that.

We had a freezing ice storm last night, and the entire outdoors is covered in a sheet of ice. Turning to rain now. I'm going to St. Thomas in 1 week, it will be interesting to see if I find any relief there.

Thanks for the help!

gwertyu: How are you holding up? Did you try putting your drops in the refridgerator? How about a cold compress?

[magoo]

The best thing I have ever done for the mold is run a fan, a regular fan into the shower room to thoroughly dry it after a shower. Also I used air cleaners/filters.
And yes, a lot of bleach to kill the mold.

The thing that has really worked for mold is moving to the desert , but I still run the fan into the shower room just to make sure it doesn't grow.

Does your vacuum have a hepa filter?