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537731 tn?1268265286

Clear,Long,Stringy Goo in Eye Constantly

Hi, I am 31 and as long as I can remember I have had problems with my eyes. Througout the day I have to wash out eyes, out my fingers in eye to remove the stuff- I know this can't be good but it happens so often I have to. It is clear, and runs in the bottom of eye, on eye, top of inside eye, long stringy goo. I can lightly wet a cutip- put in inside corner of eye and spin. The stuff goes from top to bottom. It is such an irritant. What could this be- I went to dr before and they said it was allergies. All the time I dont think so. I have really long eyelashes could that have something to do with it. I cant even wear makeup because it makes much more stuff in eye. Please any advice will help.
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I had a LONG explanation typed up, and it deleted!!!! ARGH!!! Too mad to retype. Look up DEMODEX. They're human mites. Sorry!!! They live in the eyelashes and eyebrows. From what I've read, 95% of the population over the age of 5 have them. They can cause blockage in your tear ducts. There are a ton of suggestions to treat them.
Number 2 - MYCOTOXINS -Basically the waste produced my toxic molds. They can cause inflammation everywhere. My ophthalmologist could never figure out what was causing the lining inside my eyes to swell.
I tested positive specifically for GLIOTOXINS.
MYCOTOXINS...I'm not going into long explanations about these. They're EVERYWHERE. Even in our FOOD. They are extremely dangerous and we've all been, and continue to be exposed. Water damaged buildings, old and new. There's too much information and they are fascinatingly scary. I mention these bc I saw you mentioned other health problems. I'm 38. My internist told me a year and a half ago that I should be dead with everything my body's been through. I didn't get my diag
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How am I supposed to get rid of it with warm water?
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On several occasions I have put hot tea bags on my closed eyelids. Is that kind of what you mean doctor?
If it works sure. You can also use reusable eye pads that are inexpensive and you can get at drug store. Heat in microwave.  You can also get a saline eye irrigation that you squirt on the eye  to dislodge mucous. Any drugstore will have them. Over the counter. This is link to the products.  https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=eye%20saline%20wash
I disagree about any comments regarding chronic fishing syndrome because most mornings I wake up with it in my eye and I have been sleeping so I did not initially irritate my eyes with my finger at all.
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)…………………..********! 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.    
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if you want really get rid off this decease purely avoid touching contact your eyelid, eye lashes and inside the eye with finger or any other object for 6 months and feel the difference after  6 months. This is only cure for this type of allergy. I am not prescribing any unwanted medicines to my patients
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People so easily say do not put your fingers in your eye! When you have all this gooey stuff in your eye, I myself am sometimes totally unable to see because the gooey stuff makes my vision very blurry and until I put my finger in there and get it out of my eye my vision suffers and it stings and it is actually quite painful. I have been touching my eyes due to this dry eye disease for many years and not once have I gotten an infection in my eyes from putting my finger in my eyes using my fingernail to dig out the stuff. It HAS to come out!
You are like the dog chasing its tail. stay on restasis and remove the mucous with warm water.
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Best of luck and wishes for comfortable eyes.
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I have been using prescription Restasis for about maybe 2 months now and my eyes have been feeling fine. But last night I must have sat there picking at both eyes for about 3 hours. It felt like there was a cactus in each eye. Does anybody know exactly what that stringy gooey stuff actually is? And where does it come from? Brain matter? LOL
I have been using prescription Restasis for about maybe 2 months now and my eyes have been feeling fine. But last night I must have sat there picking at both eyes for about 3 hours. It felt like there was a cactus in each eye. Does anybody know exactly what that stringy gooey stuff actually is? And where does it come from? Brain matter? LOL
It takes 6 months for restasis to fully kick in so keep on with your meds. Both my wife and me are on restasis with excellent results. The stringing stuff is dehydrated mucous and it comes from mucous glands located in the conjunctiva. It gets its characteristic string shape from being rolled during blinking.
Thank you very much.
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If your eye feels better at one week (not to be expected) think how good it will feel in 4-6 months. Stay on it. Good things will happen to your dry eyes.  Now work with your physicians on your other health problems.
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I will do just that Dr. Thank You.
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