I have been dealing with eye problems over the last decade, although I have never been diagnosed or treated. When I was younger I used to think it was styes and I would buy stye ointment to treat it (which wasn't very helpful) but looking back I believe it was irritation due to DES.
I have stringy mucus in both eyes, but it seems like only my right eye is the one that gets painful, irritated and gritty. When I pull the mucus out of my right eye, it almost feels like I'm peeling off a layer of my eye but its painless when I'm pulling it out of my other (left) eye. Sometimes pulling out the mucus will relieve the pain and sometimes it won't. When it starts getting painful, the mucus won't stop coming and I'm constantly trying to pull it out which makes it more irritated. Environmental factors always make it worse - heat, wind, A/C, smoke, etc. If its a very bad episode, I will also get sharp shooting pains in my right eye lasting a couple seconds at a time. The pain/irritation mainly used to happen at night when I was overtired, but its getting worse and its affecting me during the day now also. Recently, I even woke up from a full night sleep with the eye still hurting from the night before which has never happened. I have discovered Refresh Celluvisc and Liquigel drops over the past year, which can be very helpful at times and other times it doesn't provide much relief at all.
I've never worn glasses/contacts, nor had any eye surgeries and I've always had good vision. Unfortunately, I haven't had medical insurance for about 2 years, so I have no way to get this treated or get a diagnosis. My only hope is that some people on here can provide me with some information. Has anyone ever had just one eye affected by dry eye? Is this even possible?
Thanks.
I have stringy mucus in both eyes, but it seems like only my right eye is the one that gets painful, irritated and gritty. When I pull the mucus out of my right eye, it almost feels like I'm peeling off a layer of my eye but its painless when I'm pulling it out of my other (left) eye. Sometimes pulling out the mucus will relieve the pain and sometimes it won't. When it starts getting painful, the mucus won't stop coming and I'm constantly trying to pull it out which makes it more irritated. Environmental factors always make it worse - heat, wind, A/C, smoke, etc. If its a very bad episode, I will also get sharp shooting pains in my right eye lasting a couple seconds at a time. The pain/irritation mainly used to happen at night when I was overtired, but its getting worse and its affecting me during the day now also. Recently, I even woke up from a full night sleep with the eye still hurting from the night before which has never happened. I have discovered Refresh Celluvisc and Liquigel drops over the past year, which can be very helpful at times and other times it doesn't provide much relief at all.
I've never worn glasses/contacts, nor had any eye surgeries and I've always had good vision. Unfortunately, I haven't had medical insurance for about 2 years, so I have no way to get this treated or get a diagnosis. My only hope is that some people on here can provide me with some information. Has anyone ever had just one eye affected by dry eye? Is this even possible?
Thanks.
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