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Hello everybody and greetings from Finland!
I`ve been visiting this site from time to time since last autumn and to relieve some frustration, I decided to register.
My dryeye-story started a few years ago, first I used some non-prescription eyedrops and eventyally I decided to go to a doctor. She did the schrimer`s test and diagnosed a dry eye. After using somewhat all eyedrops, gels etc. I went back and said my condition is by no means better, then she put collagen plugs in my lower punctums and said to come again after a month. Next month she put silicon plugs in all four punctums and said this would help indeed! In fact I wasn`t sure that collagen plugs did any good anyways?
At first it seemed nice to have some moisture in your eyes but after a while it got worse, my eyes burned like hell and were inflammated! Despite that, it took 3 visits to a doctor because she wouldn`t take them away! All I heard was that your eyes are going to be better soon...after that I really needed to discover a new doctor.
At this point I went to a rheumatologist because I was worried if I had Sjögrens syndrome because my dentist said that my mouth is pretty dry. I was SS because of my symptoms and bloodtest showed slight ascent in SS values.
Last fall I fortunately find a skilled eye specialist and he diagnosed not only a dry eye but also a chronic allergic inflammation in my eyes. Since May I was on cyclosporine eyedrops for two and half months but it showed no benefit so we decided to leave it for a while. A couple of months ago I also got some doxycyclin and doctor showed me how to do a lid masssage because my meibomian glands were also inflamed and not working properly. I going to see my doctor next monday and last time he said that we could do some autologous eyedrops for you if this lid massage thing won`t help enough. I`m counting on those blody eyedrops
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In the beginning of september I visited Los Angeles and boy were my eyes screwed in the aeroplane! Luckily I ordered a pair of tranquileyes while staying in the US and coming home wasn`t so painful. Just chilling with my tranquileyes on or playing chess or tetris with my swimming goggles in the plane, I bet those flight attendants thought I`m nuts... (by the way Las Vegas is a hell on earth for those who suffer from dryeyes, the air is sooo dry and constant AC in every building was really killing me!)
I bet there is only a handful of those who had strength enough to read this far but atleast I feel much better writing this down. I really think I`m losing my mind because of my eyes, it has started to affect on my everyday life so much I don`t know how much longer I can cope with it
And apologies for my English, I haven`t used it for three years so it maybe pretty harsh.
I`ve been visiting this site from time to time since last autumn and to relieve some frustration, I decided to register.
My dryeye-story started a few years ago, first I used some non-prescription eyedrops and eventyally I decided to go to a doctor. She did the schrimer`s test and diagnosed a dry eye. After using somewhat all eyedrops, gels etc. I went back and said my condition is by no means better, then she put collagen plugs in my lower punctums and said to come again after a month. Next month she put silicon plugs in all four punctums and said this would help indeed! In fact I wasn`t sure that collagen plugs did any good anyways?
At first it seemed nice to have some moisture in your eyes but after a while it got worse, my eyes burned like hell and were inflammated! Despite that, it took 3 visits to a doctor because she wouldn`t take them away! All I heard was that your eyes are going to be better soon...after that I really needed to discover a new doctor.
At this point I went to a rheumatologist because I was worried if I had Sjögrens syndrome because my dentist said that my mouth is pretty dry. I was SS because of my symptoms and bloodtest showed slight ascent in SS values.
Last fall I fortunately find a skilled eye specialist and he diagnosed not only a dry eye but also a chronic allergic inflammation in my eyes. Since May I was on cyclosporine eyedrops for two and half months but it showed no benefit so we decided to leave it for a while. A couple of months ago I also got some doxycyclin and doctor showed me how to do a lid masssage because my meibomian glands were also inflamed and not working properly. I going to see my doctor next monday and last time he said that we could do some autologous eyedrops for you if this lid massage thing won`t help enough. I`m counting on those blody eyedrops
. In the beginning of september I visited Los Angeles and boy were my eyes screwed in the aeroplane! Luckily I ordered a pair of tranquileyes while staying in the US and coming home wasn`t so painful. Just chilling with my tranquileyes on or playing chess or tetris with my swimming goggles in the plane, I bet those flight attendants thought I`m nuts... (by the way Las Vegas is a hell on earth for those who suffer from dryeyes, the air is sooo dry and constant AC in every building was really killing me!)
I bet there is only a handful of those who had strength enough to read this far but atleast I feel much better writing this down. I really think I`m losing my mind because of my eyes, it has started to affect on my everyday life so much I don`t know how much longer I can cope with it
And apologies for my English, I haven`t used it for three years so it maybe pretty harsh.
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