I am concerned about my left eye because I keep rubbing it. Although it is getting better, I still rub my left eye more than usual, and I rub my right eye less often. I think this may be dry eyes causing me to rub it, but I use eye drops to take care of it. Another problem that arose was a few nights later after starting to rub my eyes was that there was rheum or eye mucus on my eyelids, which I immediately wash. This rheum is more than usual as its on my eye lashes and the rheum is on my left eye. I think this may be connected. The rheum is noticed when I wake up from sleep. This may cause a problem because I wear Orthokeratology lenses at night to correct my vision, and If I take off my contact lenses before washing my face, rheum might get on the contact lenses and if I wash my face before taking out contact lenses, it may damage the contact lens. Again, this rheum only happens in my left eye and most of my eye rubbing only happens in my left eye. Does anybody have any ideas that will help me stop rubbing my eyes? I would gladly appreciate your help. Thanks!