stringy eye discharge

[ambg]

my problem is the same as the other lady who first had pink eye and then the stringy discharge that would wrap around her eye lid as she tried to pull it out. only mine happens all day everyday to the point where its interfers with my working, driving and other daily activities b/c i cant work with something in my eye and i have to fish it out and as soon as i do i have to do it agian. it is in both eyes. i have been to the ER no help. 3 different opthamologist- NO HELP
the doctor- no help and an alergist- also no help. ive had this problem for about 8 months now and its to the point where at night my vision gets blurred and my eyes are way sensitive to light. ive been on lots of different eye drops and nothing seems to help. Please help me out i need relief fast.

[rwhite1690]

Read This Immediately!!!!! Hello, my name is Robert S. White, I am 48 years old and I am writing this message to anyone with stringy mucous eyes issues. I fought this battle for a little over 4 years and just thought that this was going to be a part of my life forever. I had gone to so many doctors and all of them kept feeding a line of CRAP, because they had no idea. They just kept saying things like If you keep your fingers out of your eyes it will go away (Eye Fishing Syndrome)…………………..Bullcrap! I wouldn’t have put my fingers in my eyes if there was nothing there! I know you want the answer like right now, but I want to explain what happened, I swear I have nothing to sell or push by the way, this is only information and hopefully something that will help if you suffer from this horrible affliction. So, about 3 months ago, I decided to go to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL., I explained everything to the doctor and he was the only one that told me that I was having an allergic reaction and that I was probably going to have to figure this out myself because the cost of being tested for everything on the planet was just not feasible. So, 3 weeks ago (Today is the 17th of April, 2017)I went on vacation to Universal Studios with my brother and I noticed the day after I arrived that my eyesight improved slightly and wasn’t as irritated as normal, I didn’t think too much about it until the next day when they were even better. After the 4th day, my eyesight was great and I was elated as much the stringy eye goo had dissipated. So, I finished the vacation and got back home and within 2 hours of getting home my eyes were on the fritz, so, I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was different and the only thing that I could come up with was that I remembered that I had forgotten my cologne when I went to Orlando. As an experiment I did not use my cologne (Curve), the next day. What do you know, my eyes got better, after 3 or 4 days my stringy eye goo had slowed tremendously. After a couple of weeks I had expected it to go away completely but I still had some going on, so, I decided to do a little more digging (Pun intended) and started to do research on the ingredients in the Curve cologne, it turns out that there are lots of chemicals in the cologne, one in particular, Propylene Glycol (PPG), seemed to be affecting many other people as well, I got to looking at my other products in my cabinet that I use and what do you know, my hair gel (L.A. Looks), my underarm deodorant (Degree), and many other products that I use have this chemical in it. I have since stopped using any products that have PPG in it which unfortunately makes my life more complicated because these products that do not have PPG’s is more expensive. So, to put all of this in a nutshell, I do not know if this is your problem, but like me it may turn out that you are having an allergic reaction to some product that you are using and it just may be the PPG additive in these products. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I truly hope this will help someone else and may solve your eye mystery. P.S. When I stopped using products with the PPG I also had some other added benefits that I didn’t even know were going to happen, I had a strange rash on my chest that went away (Right where I was spraying the cologne), my joints feel so much better (I was told because I had inflammation from my body trying to fight PPG in my body), I also had excruciating pain in my feet (Also because of the inflammation), if I have helped a single person it will make me feel so happy, Have a nice day.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[Shawtywop09]

My BF is going through the very same thing, started out as the worst pink eye I had ever seen and finally cleared up after a few weeks but that stringy discharge in the eye is constant and the doctors seem to only think its allergy symptoms but the meds didn't seem to make any difference after weeks of taking it so he stopped! I don't want this to evolve into an even worse problem!if there is any information on this situation that anyone knows more about please post and let me know, we would love to just get this fixed so the irritation is gone!

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

If three different ophthalmologist could not determine the problem.  It would be next to impossible to determine the cause of your problems from your symptoms.

You will have to find another ophthalmologist.  Ask you primary care doctor for a referral.