23 year old male - need help desperatley

[deep_dry_eye]

You still have a lot of hope to recover since all your glands are still there. The key is to control/reduce inflammation and keep the glands healthy.


First, continue on Azyter, its a good cheap drug. It will help control and bring down your inflammation, in my personal experience/opinion, Azyter is a better drug than steriods. How long have you been on Azyter?

Next treatments are Restasis (Cyclosporine/Ikervis) + Xiidra. Xiidra is not available in the UK yet, but keep an eye out for it. Also, you should definitely find a provider for IPL treatment for your eyelids, IPL can continue to bring down the inflammation.

Finally, for home care, you should take Omega 3 and GLA supplements, and do blinking exercises every 20 mins.

Good luck!

[jm95dryeye]

Hi all, new to this forum. Really need some help/hope. My situation:

Suffered from 'dry eye' for around 3 months though. Started as sporadic burning at work (9-5 desk job, on laptop all day) that it thought nothing of. Gradually progressed to constant burning/redness/foreign sensation which I've now had for 2 1/2 months. I've seen 2 othalmologists at Moorfield Eye Hospital (London) who have diagnosed me with dry eye/ocular rosacea/blepharitis/MGD (really helpful...). They prescribed me steroid drops (dexamethosone) and anitbiotic drops. Currently taking Azyter and Dexamethosone. Tried all OTC drops/hot warm compresses etc. Nothing has worked.

I recently had lipiflow done at a london optician who offered it. All my glands are there and they actually looked really good, but they said some were blocked and it was worth it. Also lipid thickness came in at 45 nm which they said was very bad. Had it last monday - its been worse ever since. At a loss now. Really couldn't afford it not too work as it was hideously expensive Booked an appointment to see Mr Samer Hamada who I heard was a good guy to see.

My hunch: I developed rosacea on my skin earlier this year which was treated with laser. Surely this is ocular rosacea? Is the outlook better for this?

I'm at an all time low. Off sick from work because of the burning/redness/irritation. I've read on here that you have to quit your job if you work in an office environment - i really cant. I've worked to hard to get here and its a great job. I'm only 23 and I feel like my life is over.