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New to DES - What is wrong with me???
Hi,
I'm from Melbourne, Australia, and got DES three months ago. I am an otherwise fit and healthy 27 year-old guy with good vision, and have never had eye surgery. I really really want to find out what is wrong with me, and how to get better, as this condition has profoundly altered my life. Please let me know if you have any ideas or if my condition sounds familiar to you. My opthamologist doesn't know what to do with me, he says he's never seen anyone like me.
Opening my eyes long enough to do normal activities causes a painful stinging, particularly in the left eye. They are dry, not watery. There appears to be inflammation around the eyelid rims. My opthamologist put me on steroid eye drops for a month, but it didn't help. I've started doing eyelid scrubs as well as hot compresses 4 times a day, and quite often I notice a small, white, sticky blob on the compress afterwards - could this be from MGD? I discovered a few days ago that goggles help heaps, and have ordered some Panoptx. Spraying water onto my face, eyes closed, also seems to help a lot, for 5 - 10 mins. I've tried just about every eyedrop at the chemist's, but hate them all! Temporary collagen plugs don't seem to do anything either (lower punctum only).
Please let me know if you can tell me what is wrong with me, and please please would somebody tell me that this is curable! I can't imagine what it must be like to go through this for years on end.
I'm from Melbourne, Australia, and got DES three months ago. I am an otherwise fit and healthy 27 year-old guy with good vision, and have never had eye surgery. I really really want to find out what is wrong with me, and how to get better, as this condition has profoundly altered my life. Please let me know if you have any ideas or if my condition sounds familiar to you. My opthamologist doesn't know what to do with me, he says he's never seen anyone like me.
Opening my eyes long enough to do normal activities causes a painful stinging, particularly in the left eye. They are dry, not watery. There appears to be inflammation around the eyelid rims. My opthamologist put me on steroid eye drops for a month, but it didn't help. I've started doing eyelid scrubs as well as hot compresses 4 times a day, and quite often I notice a small, white, sticky blob on the compress afterwards - could this be from MGD? I discovered a few days ago that goggles help heaps, and have ordered some Panoptx. Spraying water onto my face, eyes closed, also seems to help a lot, for 5 - 10 mins. I've tried just about every eyedrop at the chemist's, but hate them all! Temporary collagen plugs don't seem to do anything either (lower punctum only).
Please let me know if you can tell me what is wrong with me, and please please would somebody tell me that this is curable! I can't imagine what it must be like to go through this for years on end.
but I'm glad you found the site.
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