Sinus/mouth/eyes correlation?

[dominorose]

I'm not sure, but it really seems when my nose is runny my eyes feel better. When it's dry/congested, my eyes feel worse.
Plus, chewing gum/eating helps a little.

Am I the only one to notice this?

[spmcc]

I'm not sure, but it really seems when my nose is runny my eyes feel better. When it's dry/congested, my eyes feel worse.
Plus, chewing gum/eating helps a little.

Am I the only one to notice this?

No, you're not the only one. When I have a cold, my eyes feel *great*. I guess when the mucus membranes are swollen and 'drippy' that includes the eyes. I wish I could have a perma-cold.

Also yawning stimulates tears. Oh, and tickling your nose hairs with a cotton bud.

You should also try "forceful blinking". This is supposed to help get oils out of the meibomian glands.

[dominorose]

Yes I've tried this forceful blinking and it works a little. Does it mean I have MGD? I haven't been clearly diagnosed...

[littlemermaid]

Dominorose, you might not get a clear complete 'diagnosis' from eg Emergency eye clinic because these medical words just describe what the Ophthalmologist sees through the slit-lamp.

The main concern is to find a regular eye doc who is familiar with managing hypothyroid dry eye, get you comfortable, and on the road to recovery and good management, and this means adjusting treatments ongoing and trying different techniques to see what works for you. For example, scleral or bandage lenses might help you keep moisture on the eye surface and relieve the pain.

I have to say you are doing a very good job on finding doctors and seeking out help and services. It's important to keep a medical file of your ongoing tests and history to show the Ophthalmologist. And to be confident that your thyroid condition is well controlled and monitored as it should be by your Endocrinologist. It is so hard for us that doctors find it so difficult to communicate and collaborate but hopefully this will change as the IT generation becomes more senior.

I would consider seeking out the French Sjogrens society for advice on which are the best doctors.

Have you definitely had blood tests to see whether there is a nutrition deficiency? Has dry eye been triggered by air conditioning or computer time at work? My daughter used drops maybe 8/day to keep comfortable but now she is down to 'just when she needs them'. This is a bad patch so try different techniques from 'Coping 101', as Spmcc says, including bandage at night. Have you got eye protection sunglasses?

I would do everything to keep moisture on the eye surface, gentle cleaning, and a warm flaxseed bag compress every day to clear the glands. If a hot compress or warm shower flares your eyes worse, try a cold compress to calm things down. We even keep lubricant drops in the fridge. People here even use cucumber or cold green tea bags, whatever works at bringing down inflammation.

It is a question of spiralling to healing rather than spiralling to worse, and noticing what makes your eyes feel better/worse, as you are doing so well. It is difficult to have an ongoing medical problem when society expects us to be 'well' but as we talk to other people we realise they have their struggles too and we can support each other. Your mother and father might feel this way too.

I think it's significant that your eyes are dry at the end of the day, and not so much when you wake up? Is it still like this?

Try phoning the Cornea Specialist's office to see if you can get an earlier cancellation appointment. If the oils are clogged, the eye doc might prescribe Azyter, for example, which clears my daughter's MGD very well for a while, but we have to keep up the daily warm compress and cleaning otherwise it comes back. Hopefully, you can find a dry eye specialist Optometrist meanwhile.

Wish you very good healing and comfort soon http://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...74.Hippocrates (Paris always makes me feel philosophical, especially when it's raining!)

[dominorose]

Hi lm, and thank you again.
I will contact the Sjogren society, but associations cant legally give doctors contacts in france so im not sure it will be possible

The only things that help are: eating, pressing on the top of my nose, cleaning my lids in the morning, and closing my eyes.

I do warm compresses : I put them on a warm rice bag for ten minutes twice a day, then massaging my lids but I dont really "feel" the oil coming out.

I "feel" pain in my inner corners, and as if they were..."sticky". So I thought about aqueous deficiency but I just dont know. Im lost.

I also noticed the antihistamine drops called Levofree (levocabastine hydrocloride) seem to help but im not sure.