Hi everyone,
Long story, but I have both ATD (STT of around 2) and MGD, but the MGD is by far the worst part of my disease. When I have a flare-up I get tons of reflex tearing, stinging, am confined to goggles, can't even read, and my eyes feel like "peeled grapes". I've tried everything- surgeries, probing, bandage lenses, and nothing works- at least long term. Sjogren's syndrome has been ruled out by both salivary gland biopsies and bloodwork, and allergies are the only thing that seem to be left responsible for this misery. Unfortunately, I can't tolerate allergy shots because they provoked such severe eye pain and allergy meds don't seem to be enough.
Yeah. Screwed.
So my question:
For those of you with sclerals AND MGD, do the scleral lenses help lessen the signs of MGD (burning, stinging, reflex tearing etc?) I'm about ready to accept the fact that I'm "end stage" and considering scleral lenses just to lessen my pain- but wanted to hear from others with MGD before I go through this very extensive and expensive process.
Thanks,
MLE
Long story, but I have both ATD (STT of around 2) and MGD, but the MGD is by far the worst part of my disease. When I have a flare-up I get tons of reflex tearing, stinging, am confined to goggles, can't even read, and my eyes feel like "peeled grapes". I've tried everything- surgeries, probing, bandage lenses, and nothing works- at least long term. Sjogren's syndrome has been ruled out by both salivary gland biopsies and bloodwork, and allergies are the only thing that seem to be left responsible for this misery. Unfortunately, I can't tolerate allergy shots because they provoked such severe eye pain and allergy meds don't seem to be enough.
Yeah. Screwed.
So my question:
For those of you with sclerals AND MGD, do the scleral lenses help lessen the signs of MGD (burning, stinging, reflex tearing etc?) I'm about ready to accept the fact that I'm "end stage" and considering scleral lenses just to lessen my pain- but wanted to hear from others with MGD before I go through this very extensive and expensive process.
Thanks,
MLE
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