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My eye problem started in Aug of 2007 when my 4 month old scratched the first few layers of my eye. Since then, I have had problems with my eyelid adhering to the inside of my eye ball when I sleep.. also, I am told I have dry eye. (sided note.. I see ...
I had a freak accident at work that lead to a superficial but very large (opthalmologist said roughly 70% of front of my eye) corneal abrasion on my left dominant eye. I also want to mention I had Lasik about a year and a half ago and the flap was complet...
For 2 or 3 years I kept having a foreign object feeling both eyes (never at the same time). It would do it for a day or so then go away for anywhere from 1 - 4 weeks. About a month ago my right eye got extremely painful and tearing. My regular eye Doctor r...
I have ocular rosacea and Glaucoma. I also have sjogrens. I have tear duct plugs, use Trvatan Z, arithromycin ointment, Restasis drops, and po Doxycline for ocular rosacea. I just went to my eye doctor and have a corneal scratch and this has been happening...
I have eye problems.
12 months after diagnosis,
I am facing possibly 2 corneal grafts and 2 cateract removals
in 6 months time.
I think I understand but the big question I face is this one..
What is that journey like ?
I need to see it in my head,
...
On or, around 20th January a baby, forcefully pierced her index finger into my right eye. It was terribly painful. I thought my eye ball might have been punctured. It was became very red but, was not bleeding. The injury was between the eyelid and the eyeb...
I have had eye abrasions several times in the past 2 years. The last abrasion I had was treated by my Optholmologist with Acular and Vigomox. Then my doctor refered me to a cornea specialist, who recommended to have a little surgical procedure (10 minute) ...
I have been bothered by foriegn body sensation in one eye most every morning that lasts about an hour then resolves. Usually use visine as there is a sensation that something is in the eye. Can never find fb in eye. No vision changes or other symptoms. ...
Diagnosed with corneal erosion on March 20th. Bandage lens placed on eye with one week follow up to remove lens. Used Zymar drops 1 x day while bandage on. Told 4-6 wk. heal time. I am at the 4 wk. mark. I have scratchy, gritty, irritated, burning eyes. Ca...
Hi,
Not sure if anyone is still responding here, but I too am a chronic sufferer for more than a year. Seems like there is a lot of us and no clear explanation of what causes it. I'm curious if it could be a side effect of something we are all taking. I h...
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