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As is often mentioned in posts the symptoms of dry eye are many and varied.
I often try to compare one day to another and thought it might be useful to log the symptoms i suffer from using my own colloquialisms for them.
1. The ticklers - My eye feels nearly normal but I can just feel a tickling sensation that is always there and seems to threaten to explode into full blown symptoms.
2.Full sahara - Full on grit under the eyelids which are painful and irritating.
3. Red eye- My eyelids are sore, feel like they are on fire and sting continuously.
4. Sticky eye - When you wake and your eyeball sticks to your eyelid with excruciating consequences. This is usually followed by some blurred vision and the feeling of a scab under the eyelid.
5. Blowy eye - it feels like someone is constantly blowing into your eye.
6. Brow beater - A headache that spreads across your forehead sometimes with associated nausea. This is usually brought on by the above symptoms.
These symptoms can come alone or in a combi pack and can vary in intensity.
Just writing them down has depressed me but it has helped to document the symptoms.
I joined the Fire Service 23 years ago and they told me that one of the attractions of the job was that it presents something different every day. I guess dry eye offers the same promise!
Anyway, keep smiling!
Barry
I often try to compare one day to another and thought it might be useful to log the symptoms i suffer from using my own colloquialisms for them.
1. The ticklers - My eye feels nearly normal but I can just feel a tickling sensation that is always there and seems to threaten to explode into full blown symptoms.
2.Full sahara - Full on grit under the eyelids which are painful and irritating.
3. Red eye- My eyelids are sore, feel like they are on fire and sting continuously.
4. Sticky eye - When you wake and your eyeball sticks to your eyelid with excruciating consequences. This is usually followed by some blurred vision and the feeling of a scab under the eyelid.
5. Blowy eye - it feels like someone is constantly blowing into your eye.
6. Brow beater - A headache that spreads across your forehead sometimes with associated nausea. This is usually brought on by the above symptoms.
These symptoms can come alone or in a combi pack and can vary in intensity.
Just writing them down has depressed me but it has helped to document the symptoms.
I joined the Fire Service 23 years ago and they told me that one of the attractions of the job was that it presents something different every day. I guess dry eye offers the same promise!
Anyway, keep smiling!
Barry
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