Difficulty opening eyes when I wake up...

[paacmed]

I never experienced this situation before. When I wake I have difficulty opening my eyes. The feel like they are stuck and won't  open. I need to put eyes drops to make them work. It started about 3 weeks after I had my cataract surgery. I was instructed to use Durezol anti-inflammatory drops which I continue to use and need to continue for another 4 weeks according to the doctor's instructions. My doctor is aware that I have glaucoma in both eye for which I continue to use Latanaprost Ophtalmic Solutioneye drops. I put the drops on each eye before I go to bed as I always did before. I have been waiting about 5 minutes and then put eye drops in my eyes before I go to bed. May I have some feedback as to what I need to do?...Thanks

[JohnHaganMD]

Since you have recently had surgery we feel you need to ask the surgeon about this.  This is a generalization. Trouble opening the eyes in the morning often means they are drying out during sleep. Don't sleep under fan or have air blowing across eye. latanoprost often dries eyes out during sleep.  You can ask your doctor about this. We have our patients put latanoprost or their glaucoma drop in about 30 minutes before they go to bed. Then at bed time we have them use a lubricating gel such as Genteal Gel, Refresh PM, Refresh Liquigel.   It needs to say "gel" as its thick enough to keep eyes from drying out all night.

[paacmed]

Dr. Hagan....Thank you very much for your information....I will follow your indications.

[JohnHaganMD]

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