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Feels like something in my eye

    This usually does nor come on immediately. It happens when I am using the computer, and sometimes when driving, watching a video or reading for extended periods of time.
    My ophthalmologist has diagnosed dry eye and prescribed artificial tears, but I am skeptical. It is only in the left eye and only when I focus. I can eliminate the problem by wearing an eye patch. Can you imagine what my employer would say first day on the job? Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rum!
    There is a test for dry eye called the Schirmer test, among others. Might want to take this to rule it out. Don't know if there is a test for eye muscle fatigue, which is more what I suspect. Another physician (not an ophthalmologist) suggested the possibility of a nerve (leading to the eye) problem which could be detected by an MRI, if nothing else makes sense.
    Has anyone experienced this? If in the affirmative, what was your diagnosis and how did you get rid of the problem?
    I am thinking disability and/or workers comp (computer vision syndrome - CVS). Anyone would be crazy not to avoid additional pain, which could morph into permanent, 24-hour pain for the remainder of one's life. This might be worse than going blind.
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Yes I have had this problem in my left eye for a couple months now. yes it seems to be  worse when using the computer or in extreme light. Just now while researching a completely different eye issue I have in other eye *have eye doctor appointment tomorrow* I came across this interesting article on Time website that makes sense. I am going to try some of the suggestions and see if it helps for me. I will update. Hope the article helps you     http://time.com/4789208/screens-computer-eye-strain/
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Thanks for posting. Let us know what the exam shows.
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I have it in my right eye it's just twitching and  feels like something is under my top eyelid but it's not painful just a bit annoying i think it may be due to dry eyes
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I went through this type of pain and I'm only an 11 year old. But I found a way to stop it what I did is check my eye first. And I found eye mucus. So I wiped it out. But I still had that irritation in my eye. So I splattered water in my eye and wiped it. Then i got my eye watery and just closed it and kept it shut until it stopped hurting. If you want while your eye is closed you can try rubbing your eye gently in the spot that hurts. I tried it and I felt relief.
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I am about to turn 40. For the most part have felt pretty healthy but this year been having some issues. Like most of you I have been having a problem with my left eye. In February i went to the doctor cause my face under the eye had swollen and I felt pressure behind the eye. Doctor said there was nothing wrong with my eyes and said it was a severe sinus infection and put me on a nasal spray and oral antibiotic. The swelling went down but my eye now felt sticky with pressure and I think it looks bigger then the right. I went to another doctor who again said sinus so sent me for xrays which came back clear. He said could be eye diease. He's worried about high bloodpressure or diabietes but instead of checking me out he told me to see an eye doctor. We are now in mid August and i have called around for an eye appiontment closes one I could get is in 2 weeks. I will keep you posted.
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Wow......then I'm looking towards more than a temporary complaint, I guess. I have not gone to a doctor for it. It sounded as though that didn't help anyone writing on this site, anyways. But, thank you for posting back. At least I know that it might be a "forever" thing, now, and I might as well get use to it. At least some worry is gone, like it being cancer or sight-reducing. Hopefully someone will write back with a cure and name for this!

Maybe I will try a homeopathic treatment. Just have to find out what it would be. I've solved some real ailments that regular doctors could not cure by using a homeopathic remedy, even when the doctors outright told me, "Are you sure it isn't just mommy's overprotectiveness causing your son to vomit all day long (any time he would even gently bump his head, as kids do)? Well, the brain remembers pain, the homeopathic doctor explained to me, and he was born with hydrocephullus which puts pressure on the brain, so every time he would bump his head, the brain told the body to react....by vomiting. After just one tiny arnica (a blue German flower) pill and and  one rhus tox (which is poison ivy) it was cured. ( Arnica is for old injuries so I even cured a lame horse instantly, who had been limping for months. I use to cure sprained legs on my chickens by rubbing the arnica on their legs, too). That just might be the cure for me. I will have to investigate or call Luytie's Pharmaceutical. Will let you all know......
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Hi, no, the problem never went away. I was the original poster. I havent had it happening a while, but this is something that comes and goes for me. I am tired of the doctors thinking I am crazy. I know what i feel. But the only thing that helps is for me to physically dig in my eye and scrape it with my pinky nail or find a good closed eye position ( because I can still feel it with my eyes closed). Sorry, no real solutions here
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I just started to have this problem also in the left eye for 2 weeks now. I had surgery for a basil cell(cancer) on the left lower lid 3 years ago, however I can't say it directly related to that. My thinking right now is it is allergy related.

As for relief (which can last a day or so), I use a warm salt water solution to rinse the eye. About a level teaspoon to 8oz of warm water. A plastic sports bottle works well to dispense. Hope this helps.  
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After reading through the last 7 years of posts for this problem, I can't see where anything can be done for it. Yes, I have a feeling as if something is under my eyelid. It started a month ago. And, yes, it, too is the LEFT lid. Some coincidence, huh?
I am 65 years old. It just seems you start getting all kinds of weird things happening the older you get....this bugs the heck out of me. Very annoying. I begin blinking and trying to open my eye wider to get rid of it and then it becomes blurry. I swear something is under there.
I read something on this site about an "inside stye." Well, that's what I was thinking, before. So, what? Use warm compresses? And how long does it take to go away?
I just wish the ones who wrote 7 years ago, would again write and at least let us know if the problem ever went away or what they might have found out about it. That would be a great help.
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i have been goin through eye irrtation for the last 6 weeks i worked at a weld shop grinding and after the 1st time i got somethin in my eye and had to go the hospital to get it out ive had irritation in the far corner of my right eye sometimes both, seen a doctor 3 times and optomatrist and they gave me antibiotic drops and artificial tears the antibiotics seemed to irritate my eyes worse and still no relieif its not quite as intense but i my eyes still dont feel right , as if somethin is just sittin on y eye lashes  ive tried pluking problematic lashes trimminig them and i still feel small irritatiion 24 7 in the outside corner of my eye if anyone has had this and found out the problem and solved it please post because doctors arent helpin
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mine is the same but occasionally it is in my right eye but more often my left. I've looked it up a lot it might be mucus fisher syndrome but I'm not sure.
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This started awhile back, and I'm getting it again.
It feels like when I blink, that there is something in the outer corner of my eye. It hurts, and my vision blurs in that eye constantly now. But, it's happening only at night. Both of my eyes get extremely itchy and irritated, like I'm having an allergic reaction. But, I've taken Benadryl and it doesn't help. I might also add I'm on two medicines that I take every day for my allergies. At first, when I felt this- I ignored it. But, I turned on my light and that seemed to help. When I lay down, my eyes water over the top and it seems like I'm crying with no emotion. I wake up with extremely crusted eyes. Rubbing the eye only makes it worse, and irritates it more. I'm completely at a loss of what to do. All I can think of is to compress it with a warm bag of rice, or cool it to ease the itching with a cool washcloth which helps a bit. But, I'm afraid that neither will work. I guess you can't judge it before you try it.
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what can i put in my eye for pain to go awy dros
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i have the same problem! as long as i am wearing my contacts i don't have the pain or irritation but the second i remover them it's right back! do you have any ideas on what it could be? i've only had this problem for like 3 days now but it's driving me crazy! i can't wear my contacts all the time just during the day so at night when i take them out and wear my glasses it starts right that very second! i love any advice you could give!
            thanks, April
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My mom had cataract surgery on both eyes, 3 months ago. Even after 2 weeks she feeling some discomfort in one eye, which continues till date.
The discomfort as explained by her is, feeling of eyeball floating in water, water accumulation on the corner, something sticking on the eyeball. The docs do not find anything unusual. But she has a very uneasy feeling. Some days the trouble is more. She has continuously been using tear drops under the advice of the doctors, in vain. Is there a solution to this?
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I believe this is caused by unknown allergy. Have any of you tried taking benadryl 3 x a day for 7 days?
I think it occurs in the left eye most because most are right-handed, working on a computer so the right hand is holding the mouse and eye fatigue means you rub sub-consciously with the left hand. Since it is harder to rub the right eye with the left hand, the left eye gets rubbed more, and allergens from the keyboard can irritate the eye, left being affected more.
This happens to me often, and I first get a CLEAN HOT washcloth and use it as a compress on the eye, wiping it clean very gently.
I take my benadryl, and withing a few minutes I get relief.
This is my hypothesis.
I hope all of you have found relief by now, and if not, try this. It just might help.
Corie
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have you attempted using que tips helped me a little though I have quite similiar symptoms
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Idk what kind of coincidence this but I always feel like there is something in my eye,My LEFT EYE just like all if you..i read somewhere that I may have a sty under the eyelid ..but now I wanna knOw if acts up whenever I focus forr long periods of time ..there is medication u can take for it but idk what they are..sorry
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It is possible that you have a mild scratch to the cornea. Usually the cornea will heal itself within 24-48 hours. If it does not seem any better over the next day, or becomes worse, see the eye doctor.
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It seems that most people have slightly different experienced linked by the same feeling of being poked in the eye.  I have had several sinus operations but still suffer from sinus problems. Every few months, I get a feeling of being poked in the eye (as some have described like grit or something is in the eye) its has been going on for 10 years at least. I went to the optometrist last week and she went oh yeah you have complained about this before - everytime I go in the hope someone does something.  When I have the feeling the muscles around my eye also twitch but I am not sure if it is me starting this as it is sooo stressful to have the feeling.  At the visit the optometrist checked for infection, none was present but she said I had a quick tear drop break-up rate and some blockages of the oil glands and like elsewhere i was sent on my way with artificial tears and the guidance to place warm compresses on the eye - which do work she also and suggested that as I work at a computer it might also be eye strain.  I have a very slight stigma in my left eye (rugby ball shape) but I suspect that it is sinuses causing the problems and in some way pressure is being placed on a nerve and this is also maybe starting the twitching. It is so distracting that I find it difficult to work and get stressed.  I am siting at work debating whether to leave and go the Optometrist but I also hate the feeling of wasting peoples time and money on something which will be hard to diagnose and probably when they start the feeling will clear up for a period - the period they do the tests probably
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Has anybody found any kind of solution, or reason to this eye irritation?

This has been going on with me for over 4 years, and it is my right eye. But like all of you I have had an eye surgery. I recently wen to the eye doctor again because now  I am getting frequent bad headaches and thought they were related. Again the doctor told me that everything looks fine and he cannot find anything wrong with my eyes. As a matter of fact he could not even tell I had, had eye surgery.

A previous eye doctor had told me that they mucus under my eyelid was thick and prescribed me Alrex.
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I feel like there's something in my eyes - it comes and goes. I feel it most when I'm tired. At first I felt it only in my right eye, then now I feel it in my left one too. I went to see an optometrist a month ago, she said they're fine, it's just dry eyes. I'm not convinced. I'm really worried. I'm going to see another optometrist soon...
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Today while walking the dog, we were playing off leash, I went down to pick up the ball, the dog come up and "poked" me in the eye with her nose (owww).....1/2 hour later I'm feeling like I've got something in my eye...I look, and there is a film covering the far left part of the eye, it's red, and a little uncomfortable.I've had this before..It takes a few days for it to go away..You might have rubbed your eye too long, that can bring it on. Sometimes the eyes itch, and you rub..and rub... next thing you know, your eye now hurts!
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I have the same problem as a lot of you and I've had it since December.  Things keep getting into my right eye and migrating to the back.  It hurts when I'm looking at my computer screen or reading for too long.  It feels like something is poking my eye or creating pressure in the back.  

My ophthalmologist and optometrist said that I have problems with my oil glands so I've been using an eyelid cleaner (they are kind of like soapy wetnaps) to clean them once or twice a day.  I find that if I fill my eye with regular eye drops and move my eye around, it helps also.  
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I forgot to mention my left eye feels like theres glass or something inside whenever I blink hard or stare at a light source for too long.... sigh Please help!!! Happy new year to all of you too!
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