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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Glaucoma / September 2004dry eyes with pain?
Can dry eyes cause pain in your eye. It hurts when i move my eyes to the sides. I have been taking refresh gel and only have glaucoma in one eye. Its my good eye that is bothering me more. Thanks James > Can dry eyes cause pain in your eye. It hurts when i move my eyes to > the sides. > I have been taking refresh gel and only have glaucoma in one eye. Its > my good eye that is bothering me more. > > Thanks James Yes, dry eyes can be painful. Kinda like sand in the eye. The best thing to do is get it checked out by your eye doc! Sherry Dryness will cause a "foreign body" sensation in the eye. Depending on how dry the eye is, it can cause pain. Severe dry eye can lead to corneal erosion, which is not a good condition. Have you done blood work to determine the cause of the dry eye? Rheumatoid Arthritis, Thyroid issues, etc. If you are using the gel, and still experiencing pain, you need to change your protocol. You may want to try Punctal Occlusion, ask your doctor. Dr. Ted Roxan http://visionupdate.net/ >Can dry eyes cause pain in your eye. It hurts when i move my eyes to >the sides. >I have been taking refresh gel and only have glaucoma in one eye. Its >my good eye that is bothering me more. > >Thanks James If my eye gets too dry, it burns and waters. Until you can see your doctor, you may want to add a nighttime dry-eye gel. It's thicker and richer than the daytime gels. I use Tears Naturale P.M. Maybe this will give you a little bit of added relief. >Dryness will cause a "foreign body" sensation in the eye. Depending on >how dry the eye is, it can cause pain. Severe dry eye can lead to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Dr. Ted Roxan >http://visionupdate.net/ James , My Opthamalogist just put me on a new med specifically for dry eyes and it works well . It's called Restasis --ask your DR. about it . Mine had samples which I used and found it works well . I now use very little tears , liquigel itc -You might want to try one of the thick lubricants ( in a tube ) for night =Gentel or refresh products . I found this article on Restasis -If you put this in search there are several articles Restasis® Homepage http://www.restasis.com/default2.htm Ingredients Restasis Online, Description, Chemistry, Ingredients - Cyclosporine - RxList Monographs http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic3/restasis.htm |
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