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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.
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.
Im 16 years old this year and this has happened twice in December already! I wore my contacts out last night for my countdown party and it kinda hurt but not as much, when I took it out at 2am (8 hours use) it burned like ****!!!! My eye was all red and it was watering all I could think of was to get to bed.
Today I woke up and it's very very sensitive to light, as i type this my left eye (left eye only) is watering and i have no choicw but to keep it shut so im walking around with my right eye open but sometimes when I look at the TV with my right eye, my left eye starts to hurt.
They're not red, just painful.
Should I get it checked out??? please please help my parents are overseas and it's killing me.
Today I woke up and it's very very sensitive to light, as i type this my left eye (left eye only) is watering and i have no choicw but to keep it shut so im walking around with my right eye open but sometimes when I look at the TV with my right eye, my left eye starts to hurt.
They're not red, just painful.
Should I get it checked out??? please please help my parents are overseas and it's killing me.
Had this for one morning and it was so bad it brought me to see an opthalmologist right away where I was living in Mexico. She saw gouged cornea, but no debris to speak of. I complainied also of adhesions when waking up in the morning. With eyepatch and ointment the cornea healed within a week, but the problem with dry scratchy feeling eyes did not go away, and the doctor did not know what to make of it. I would be all right all day long, but when in bed and tired and the end of the day I would have the feeling of debris, or pimples of some sort, one in each eye. Sometimes toward early morning, really scratchy, and it felt like incipient adhesions.
Went to opthalmologist here in Alexandria, Va and he diagnosed problem as weakness in one of the three layers of cells protecting the cornea, weakness that can result in tearing of the structure. He prescribed ointment at night (OTC) and lubricating eye drops (also OTC),. I am 67, but problem can occur with much younger people. If the therapy does not result in improvement, there is laser surgery to knit together the cellular layers.
This was very reassuring as I was pretty scared over the whole thing. I hope this helps some of you.
Went to opthalmologist here in Alexandria, Va and he diagnosed problem as weakness in one of the three layers of cells protecting the cornea, weakness that can result in tearing of the structure. He prescribed ointment at night (OTC) and lubricating eye drops (also OTC),. I am 67, but problem can occur with much younger people. If the therapy does not result in improvement, there is laser surgery to knit together the cellular layers.
This was very reassuring as I was pretty scared over the whole thing. I hope this helps some of you.
I was in the car traveling for the "holidays" and 15 minutes close to my destination it felt like something got in my eye. I automatically started rubbing my eye like a dummy but than again it's only natural right? lol. I can feel somethiing in the corner of my eye and my whole eye is bloodshot red. I know it's not something bacterial like pink eye because my other eye would be just as bad by now trust me. There is little to now pain but only when there is slight pain it's from me trying to focus too hard i guess. It's a little bit blurry and is annoying as hell. My eye started draining out of nowhere like it's trying to clense itself. I was taught by a few docs in the family when i was younger that if you get something in your eye then close it and wait for it to tear up so that it can move to the bottom of your eyelid and will be easier and visible to remove plus rubbing it would only make it worse or push the debris elsewhere. I've tried that and still nothing (lol yes i know i was rubbing it when it first happened but that's only natural right?). I don't seem to have a lubricant problem because like i've already said it started draining out of nowhere. I've tried a good old fashion eye rinse with water and that didn't see to help. Is there some kind of otc drops that would help in a situation like this?
PS. it's in my right eye.
PS. it's in my right eye.
I am having the same problem, ALSO on my left eye... went to see an overcharged eye doctor, send me home with hardly any examination. Went to see my optometrist who is more helpful than the eye doctor! he said noticed a oily lump (which i found on the net and it is called chalazion?) in the top left of my upper eyelid which "maybe" the cause. Honestly, I noticed it to but I felt uncomfortable before I notice it so I was kinda skeptical... he also sees that the surface of my inner eyelid is "bumpy", its something call mild Blepharitis, I think... anyway, he had to flip my eyelid and looked at it with his machine in order to see it. I, myself have never notice it on my own... none the least, he gave me some steroid eyedrop and tell me to compress my eye with warm water. The eyedrop wasnt that good but the warm compression seems to relieve it slightly. My eye was feeling uncomfortable for months now and only in the past 2 -3 day I actually start doing nothing else BUT compressing my eye with warm-slightly hot washcloth and the little white oily chalazion lump may have faded away slight. The feeling is slightly better. I hope it isn not just my imagination and my optimistic nature.... Anyway DONT try to pop it like a pimple if you have one too... I TRIED, and for hours I flip open my eyelid and I actually got a pretty good position at popping it but it never pop out, its like it is flat and the fact that the skin there is TOO smooth to get a decent "grip". I ended up damaging the skin around it and was more uncomfortable for a day or two but it quickly heals... I thought I could force it out despite the cost because I know that the eyelid recovers very fast, and I am not actually doing anything to the eyeball anyway so i am safe. It was very difficult and it didnt work at the end... My last advice is: warm - slight hot compression CONSTANTLY and CONSISTENTLY for a few days and see.... I am still doing it now on my third day... we will see....
I too hope someone will find a definite solution..... Cheers
I too hope someone will find a definite solution..... Cheers
I am having the same problem, ALSO on my left eye... went to see an overcharged eye doctor, send me home with hardly any examination. Went to see my optometrist who is more helpful than the eye doctor! he said noticed a oily lump (which i found on the net and it is called chalazion?) in the top left of my upper eyelid which "maybe" the cause. Honestly, I noticed it to but I felt uncomfortable before I notice it so I was kinda skeptical... he also sees that the surface of my inner eyelid is "bumpy", its something call mild Blepharitis, I think... anyway, he had to flip my eyelid and looked at it with his machine in order to see it. I, myself have never notice it on my own... none the least, he gave me some steroid eyedrop and tell me to compress my eye with warm water. The eyedrop wasnt that good but the warm compression seems to relieve it slightly. My eye was feeling uncomfortable for months now and only in the past 2 -3 day I actually start doing nothing else BUT compressing my eye with warm-slightly hot washcloth and the little white oily chalazion lump may have faded away slight. The feeling is slightly better. I hope it isn not just my imagination and my optimistic nature.... Anyway DONT try to pop it like a pimple if you have one too... I TRIED, and for hours I flip open my eyelid and I actually got a pretty good position at popping it but it never pop out, its like it is flat and the fact that the skin there is TOO smooth to get a decent "grip". I ended up damaging the skin around it and was more uncomfortable for a day or two but it quickly heals... I thought I could force it out despite the cost because I know that the eyelid recovers very fast, and I am not actually doing anything to the eyeball anyway so i am safe. It was very difficult and it didnt work at the end... My last advice is: warm - slight hot compression CONSTANTLY and CONSISTENTLY for a few days and see.... I am still doing it now on my third day... we will see....
I too hope someone will find a definite solution..... Cheers
I too hope someone will find a definite solution..... Cheers
Wall of text beneath is just my eye history, some backing to my current problem and topic of this post.
I was lucky enough to have been born with my right eye (as my mother put it when I asked her) "crushed with pus coming out". The "professionals" call it "Amblyopia" while everyone else calls it "lazy eye". She then said when I was 2 my right eye suddenly went "boz-eyed" (out of alignment). This was fixed with surgery. At least I think it was but aren't convinced, i'm sure when I look in the mirror the bad eye is still off slightly. This lazy eye of mine is a real slacker, my left eye does all of the work. Although vision in my left eye is not 100% the images from it are far superior to what's given by the right eye. Right eye closed: read all the text on WindowsXP screen - everything! Close left eye: All text is a blur, can't read a damn thing! Result of this: my brain has never learned to use both eyes together and found it's better to ignore or "suppress" the images from the right eye.
My best hope to fix this is "vision therapy". Basically force the brain to take notice of the right eye. They do this by blocking or blurring the good eye. I'm still screwed though because as "professionals" say this therapy isn't very effective beyond ages of 7 (brain has already decided how it wants to use eyes). Just great...-> :( I haven't and probably never will be able to use both eyes at the same time without double vision. Try real hard, switch between both eyes real fast and focus on a single object. My left eye sends good images of object, right eye sends crappy blurred image of object. Result: I see two of the very same object at the same time, the good and bad image layered on top of each other. They call this "double vision" and it's no way to perceive the world around you! It's a real mind f***.
As I type my right eye (the lazy crap one) is intensely irritating me. It constantly feels as though there is an object/lump under one or both eyelids. This started 4 days ago after a long hard day at college (IT student). Although I use computers everyday of the week for at least 4-6 hours (on average) and my eyes get pretty run down I never experienced problems that last as long as this.
The constant irritation and lazy eye attributed blur goes up 2 fold when I use a computer for 10+ minutes and 10 fold when I use the computer with my glasses on. When it goes bloodshot red (tomato style) it begins to water to point it looks like I am crying with one eye and the pain dulls down a bit but it's always there.
I get plenty of sleep and even stayed of the computer for 2 days straight that weekend I first experienced the pain. Rest eyes till irritation drops to a minimum then look at a computer for 5 minutes, it's back up 2 fold. Blinking 100+ times a minute, no help. Throw water in the eye, no help. Rub it, no help, makes it more irritated. I constantly imagine their being a piece of sleep being embedded in the eyelid or rolling around scraping against the eyeball. (sleep is that weird solid green stuff you rub away when waking from hours of being, no idea why it's called that)
I also imagine it being an eyelash jammed under the lid scratching away at the eye. The problem with these causes is that I have looked under the lid as best I can and threw water in there and blinked rapidly and rubbed for the past three days and the problem persists.
Being an IT student requires you spend vast amounts of your day looking at a computer screen. Braille/voice recognition etc doesn't compensate for the human eye. I value my vision more than any other sense, i'd rather lose a leg or an arm than an eye and believe I couldn't go on living without my eyesight.
I have had conjunctivitis once and know this is not a return. Last time the eyelid blew up like a balloon, tear ducts worked constantly to give off bacteria filled tears and later put out yellow pus. This time it is just the irritation, no balloon eyelid or bacteria spreading tears.
I have made this post in the hopes that those also experiencing my peril have found solutions and can help find a cure.
This is not a nuisance, it is a prolonged torture.
I was lucky enough to have been born with my right eye (as my mother put it when I asked her) "crushed with pus coming out". The "professionals" call it "Amblyopia" while everyone else calls it "lazy eye". She then said when I was 2 my right eye suddenly went "boz-eyed" (out of alignment). This was fixed with surgery. At least I think it was but aren't convinced, i'm sure when I look in the mirror the bad eye is still off slightly. This lazy eye of mine is a real slacker, my left eye does all of the work. Although vision in my left eye is not 100% the images from it are far superior to what's given by the right eye. Right eye closed: read all the text on WindowsXP screen - everything! Close left eye: All text is a blur, can't read a damn thing! Result of this: my brain has never learned to use both eyes together and found it's better to ignore or "suppress" the images from the right eye.
My best hope to fix this is "vision therapy". Basically force the brain to take notice of the right eye. They do this by blocking or blurring the good eye. I'm still screwed though because as "professionals" say this therapy isn't very effective beyond ages of 7 (brain has already decided how it wants to use eyes). Just great...-> :( I haven't and probably never will be able to use both eyes at the same time without double vision. Try real hard, switch between both eyes real fast and focus on a single object. My left eye sends good images of object, right eye sends crappy blurred image of object. Result: I see two of the very same object at the same time, the good and bad image layered on top of each other. They call this "double vision" and it's no way to perceive the world around you! It's a real mind f***.
As I type my right eye (the lazy crap one) is intensely irritating me. It constantly feels as though there is an object/lump under one or both eyelids. This started 4 days ago after a long hard day at college (IT student). Although I use computers everyday of the week for at least 4-6 hours (on average) and my eyes get pretty run down I never experienced problems that last as long as this.
The constant irritation and lazy eye attributed blur goes up 2 fold when I use a computer for 10+ minutes and 10 fold when I use the computer with my glasses on. When it goes bloodshot red (tomato style) it begins to water to point it looks like I am crying with one eye and the pain dulls down a bit but it's always there.
I get plenty of sleep and even stayed of the computer for 2 days straight that weekend I first experienced the pain. Rest eyes till irritation drops to a minimum then look at a computer for 5 minutes, it's back up 2 fold. Blinking 100+ times a minute, no help. Throw water in the eye, no help. Rub it, no help, makes it more irritated. I constantly imagine their being a piece of sleep being embedded in the eyelid or rolling around scraping against the eyeball. (sleep is that weird solid green stuff you rub away when waking from hours of being, no idea why it's called that)
I also imagine it being an eyelash jammed under the lid scratching away at the eye. The problem with these causes is that I have looked under the lid as best I can and threw water in there and blinked rapidly and rubbed for the past three days and the problem persists.
Being an IT student requires you spend vast amounts of your day looking at a computer screen. Braille/voice recognition etc doesn't compensate for the human eye. I value my vision more than any other sense, i'd rather lose a leg or an arm than an eye and believe I couldn't go on living without my eyesight.
I have had conjunctivitis once and know this is not a return. Last time the eyelid blew up like a balloon, tear ducts worked constantly to give off bacteria filled tears and later put out yellow pus. This time it is just the irritation, no balloon eyelid or bacteria spreading tears.
I have made this post in the hopes that those also experiencing my peril have found solutions and can help find a cure.
This is not a nuisance, it is a prolonged torture.
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