Anyone here diagnosed with MGD and later found out you had another condition?

[DKott27]

Right now I'm hoping I have something else causing this. I was diagnosed multiple times with MGD and I know I have that but I believe there is somethi else going on. So was anyone diagnosed with MGD to later find out they also had something else going on causing a lot of the symptoms?

[Jahcpa]

I saw 5 doctors and all of them told me I had MGD and dry eye and the was the reason I could not open my eyes. I was functionally blind. It wasn't until the 6th doctor that I was finally diagnosed with Benign Essential Blepharospasm. I've been receiving botox injections and finally have my life back. Thank you God!!
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[pythonidler]

Yes. I was diagnosed with meibomian gland dysfunction more than a year after my first symptoms. Months later, after seeing second opinions, I found out I also had aqueous deficiency. Another year later, I found out I had corneal neuropathy.

Make sure your doctor has done a test for aqueous deficiency (called a Schirmer Test). It involves putting a strip of paper into the eyes and measuring the amount of paper soaked by the tears in 5 minutes.