I had this exact same problem with my eyes. I'm 26 years old and it started around 4 months ago. It got to the point where I would have to wear sunglasses all the time because my eyes would become very swollen from all the touching as I would have to try an extract the long gooey string. Some nights it would get stuck in my eyelid and I would try to use warm water to clean my eye out.
I went to 3 different doctors who prescribed an eye solution, chloramphenicol (antibiotic eye drops) and actual antibiotics as they thought it was an infection. None of the above worked.
The 4th doctor I went to claimed it was an allergy and recommended Antihistamine eyedrops (Mylan Allercom) along with antihistamime tablets. After 2 days the problem became much better and after 2 weeks it completely disappeared after suffering for a long 3 months. I have mild dust allergies, hayfever and ashtma. If you also suffer from any of those I would highly recommend taking antihistamime eye drops.
OK I will keep trying anything and everything. Have a nice Day Dr.
Please read about Sjorgren's Syndrome on a source like WebMD or the SS Foundation see this link http://www.sjogrens.org/ Let us know how your tests turn out. Also read about "Mucous Fishing Syndrome" when you start digging in your eye you set up a self-perpetuating problem that is like the dog chasing his tail. The more you put your finger in your eye the more mucous your eye makes the more you dig, the more..............you get the idea. Restasis or Xiidra would be a good choice for most people like yourself.
I have this exact problem, I also thought it had something to do with my eyelashes because they are super long. My dad has this problem too but he gets it because he has hay fever and the doctor told him that was the reason he gets it so I kind of self diagnosed myself due to him. So if you suffer with hay fever that could possibly be the reason xox
Drinking more water can help in overproduction of mucus. Other solutions include:
- Antibiotics to reduce eyelid inflammation.
- Prescription eyedrops to control cornea inflammation.
- Prescription eye inserts that work like artificial tears.
- Closing your tear ducts to reduce tear loss.
- Covering your eyes with a special contact lens.
- Unblocking blocked oil glands. A new treatment called LipiFlo thermal pulsation helps clear blocked oil glands.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dry-eyes/basics/treatment/con-20024129
Constant eye mucous can be due to a tear film imbalance that is usually referred to as dry eye syndrome. There are several possible treatments for this condition, but it is best to start with ocular lubricants or artificial tears such as GenTeal Lubricant Gel Liquid Eye Drops. A complete eye examinaition is recommended to determine the cause.
https://www.healthtap.com/topics/eye-mucus-fishing-syndrome
Oh i didnt realise it was mucus. I've had really bad ezcema on my face and horrible dry eye lids so was using a lot of moisurizer. I thought the stringy stuff was moisturizer and some days i'll pull out loads of it. The ezcema has been much better lately and I haven't 'fished' for months. But the mucus has been back the last few days.
Its total BS to say this is called fishing syndrome. If there wasnt anything irrating the eye nobody would stick their fingers in there !! When my ezcema was really bad people used to say i should see a hypnotherapist to stop scratching all the time. That was BS aswell. I needed to eat properly and the itching would disappear with the ezcema. This is the same. Stop the mucus and the 'fishing' will stop. Bloody doctors are a waste a space. Anyway thats another story.
So how to stop the mucus, that's the problem.
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I have the same thing and have been diagnosed with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction...which is most likely what is causing all the stringy stuff in my eyes since there is an imbalance of oil and tears in my eyes. I was also diagnosed with a Pterygium which is a bump on the eye. You could have a Pterygium (pink bump on conjunctiva) or it could just be starting out and be a Pinguecula (yellow bump on the conjunctiva). I would talk to your eye doctor about it. Not your regular eye doctor, but a specialist. You would most likely benefit from taking Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion eye drops or taking a round of an antibiotic for MGD called Doxycycline.
Help I have been getting , hard lumps on my eye , my eye has been watering and I have had stringy stuf in my eye And it goes on my pupil and I get it put and it has been irritating me also the pink bit of my eye is now completely red my right eye is always watering and my left eye always has the stringy stuff on it help me pls xx
Hi my wife has these long stringy things in her eyes, and well today I convinced her to tie it around a piece of trash and throw it out the window well she did and now that we are home she still feels pulling and no matter what we can't cut, burn, apply any stuff to dissolve it is not working and is still pulling help asap what should we do
What solved the problem for me was getting tear duct plugs. It was an immediate solution
I have had the same issues with my eyes for months now period I was told also that it was allergies. Antibiotic eye drops and over-the-counter eye drops have not helped. I too God the red swollen eyes from constantly trying to fish out the invisible goo. What really helps me is I take a black liquid eyeliner and dab it on the bottom of my eye tissue and then invisible goo turns black and I can gently scrape it away. Any time my eyes start bothering me that's what I do and it's all better. Hope this little trick helps someone else.
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.
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.
I've had this problem since like forever and I'm m 58. I've been told it's allergies as well as my sinuses. After all these years of suffering headaches ang gagging when brushing my teeth(and yes I know we're talking about strings in eyes)they decided to put a tube in my left ear. Sinuses so bad it stopped my hearing. Since tube, when sinuses act up-string starts in eye, mucus saturates cotton in ear and need antibiotics for ear. But better. Go figure
Last try... Tried to post THREE times!!! I can't type it again.... I apologize... PLEASE look up DEMODEX and MYCOTOXINS. Just Google the MYCOTOXINS with inflammation or eyes.
Especially the MYCOTOXINS since you mentioned other health issues. My story is LONG and continues. Good luck!
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
How am I supposed to get rid of it with warm water?
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
Best of luck and wishes for comfortable eyes.
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.