Redness in eyes, only in my apartment/reacting to detergent?

[hamnskiftare]

Hello! I've had problems with my eyes being red for a long time now. They're not a lot red, but they're not normal either. They're only red in the eye's white part. I had a severe reaction to a friend's clothes detergent once, she had a really cheap detergent from canada (she visited me where I live here in Sweden). I got something close to an eye infection from her detergent, and I got it both times she visited me.

That was some years ago and it never happened again until last november when I moved into a new apartment. Here, you can't choose what detergent to put into the machines, it's automatic. I started getting reactions similar to when my friend visited, so I started using my parent's washing machine, since I didn't have any problems while I lived at home. It got a bit better after that, but I'm still always red in my eyes while I'm in my apartment. I don't know what it is, I've taken all kinds of allergy tests that I could get. I've been to the doctor's and they don't care. I've tried treatments for dry eyes, I've tried stronger treatments, but nothing works. I really don't want to move, it's super hard to get an apartment where I live.

Does anyone else have an allergy to clothes detergent where you get an eye reaction? What can this be? Please help. Thank you.

[SassyLassie]

Hello~It sounds like there might be something in your apartment that is causing the allergic reactions. Environmental allergies can be very difficult to find. My suggestion is to remove all chemical substances that you have in your home, and then add them back one by one. Hopefully, this might give you an answer.