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I have had problems with dry/irritable eyes since October 2010. It started when I got a combination of sweat and sun lotion in my eyes on holiday, I was treated with antibiotics (chloramphenicol).
Over the next months I started suffering from dry eyes at work and found it difficult to wear contact lenses. Prior to this I had been wearing contact lenses for 3 years with no problems at all. It was at this I started wearing glasses.
Since then I have been to the doctors, opticians and ophthalmologists (both NHS and private). I was initially diagnosed with blepharitis and was given a course of doxycycline. Further down the line I was diagnosed with MGD. I have tried heat treatment, daily cleaning, ocusoft lid scrubs and flaxseed supplements.
I have found lid scrubs and heat treatment to be the most effective but I still have dry eyes, inflamed eye lids and blocked glands; often visibly blocked.
At my last trip to the ophthalmologist (private not NHS) he suggested that I continue what I was doing and come back in a month or so if it hadn’t improved. I paid £150 for this advice! He also told me that my eye(lids) looked sore and that I definitely wasn’t imagining it. Thanks doc.
My eyes have improved and I am definitely not the worst affected person on this forum but it is still very frustrating. I dream of wearing contact lenses again and being able to speak to someone face to face without involuntarily blinking due to dry/irritable eyes!
I have just ordered some Blephasol from amazon which had brilliant reviews so I will let you know how that goes.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
I have had problems with dry/irritable eyes since October 2010. It started when I got a combination of sweat and sun lotion in my eyes on holiday, I was treated with antibiotics (chloramphenicol).
Over the next months I started suffering from dry eyes at work and found it difficult to wear contact lenses. Prior to this I had been wearing contact lenses for 3 years with no problems at all. It was at this I started wearing glasses.
Since then I have been to the doctors, opticians and ophthalmologists (both NHS and private). I was initially diagnosed with blepharitis and was given a course of doxycycline. Further down the line I was diagnosed with MGD. I have tried heat treatment, daily cleaning, ocusoft lid scrubs and flaxseed supplements.
I have found lid scrubs and heat treatment to be the most effective but I still have dry eyes, inflamed eye lids and blocked glands; often visibly blocked.
At my last trip to the ophthalmologist (private not NHS) he suggested that I continue what I was doing and come back in a month or so if it hadn’t improved. I paid £150 for this advice! He also told me that my eye(lids) looked sore and that I definitely wasn’t imagining it. Thanks doc.
My eyes have improved and I am definitely not the worst affected person on this forum but it is still very frustrating. I dream of wearing contact lenses again and being able to speak to someone face to face without involuntarily blinking due to dry/irritable eyes!
I have just ordered some Blephasol from amazon which had brilliant reviews so I will let you know how that goes.
Any advice greatly appreciated.