Unpredictability of corneal erosions - contributing factors

[Mcgoldilocks]

I'd like to hear if anyone has theories of contributing factors to corneal erosions.

Here are the risk factors I've noticed:

• Drinking alcohol, particularly red wine
  
• Late nights
  
• Sleeping with the heating on

I posted a while ago that I had an erosion on my birthday, and Prattstar said so did he, and I also had one in Paris this year the day before I ran the half-marathon there - is it possible that states of nervous excitement could be a contributing factor?

[liz56]

That's a good point. My corneal specialist said that stress could be a factor.

My only erosions this year (since January 2008) were when I had my Tranquileyes goggles on too tightly. Other than that, I could not really pin it down. It seemed like it was too unpredictable to find a pattern.

--Liz

[Judy]

Can I ask what does a corneal erosion look like?

[Mcgoldilocks]

You can't see anything apart from redness, I think the epithelium is too thin for you to be able see anything with the naked eye.

[Judy]

Okay, thanks, Mcgoldilocks! I have a call into my doc regarding the redness, pain, etc and it is mostly my pterygium flaring up. Sorry to take everyone off track!

[Hangus]

Definitely alcohol. Central heating on even in the evening. Sitting in a draught.
Restless nights. Sudden waking e.g. burgular alarm going off