So for the past three weeks, I awoke with crusty, red eyes. No discomfort as much as yeck. Then this week, they started to itch and I was having trouble clearing them. It sometimes takes me a day or so to recognize an allergy problem. I tried sleeping with Benadryl (diphenhydramine HCI) and no luck. I had one left-over Aprodine (tripolidine and pseudoephedrine hydrochlorides) and it seemed to help. But Aprodine requires signing for it because it can be used to make meth. The pharmacist recommended Allegra (fexofenadine hydrochloride) and I thought it was working with a second one taken this morning. Then this afternoon,"EEYOUCH!" The eye itch was back, more like pain, and it was becoming difficult to focus. So I went back to where I'd gotten the Aprodine last Spring and got another package, $2.25. I took two with a beer and a nap. I just got up, three hours after the dosage, and my eyes still a little itchy are clear and I can focus again. I'll schedule an appointment with my family physician next week for this and a prescription refill. I'm not looking for anything stronger but it is always good to rule out other risks. All I can come up with is mold? We've had a wet couple of weeks so I'm thinking we may be having something around the house. But seemed to be especially bad at work. Bob Wilson
interestingly, there's a dry eye relief ad (which i have) next to your post. don't know if you can see it at your end.
Something that may help relieve the symptoms is holding a very hot, wet facecloth to your eyes, and holding it there for as long as you can stand. Don't burn yourself, but I find the heat helps deal with the itching. Baking soda dissolved in hot water, and applied gently with cotton balls, also helps clear up the yuck.
Are you really looking for medical advice for your eyes from Prius owners? If home and OTC remedies have not worked after a day or two, it is time go to the EYE doctor.
It's probably a combination of allergy and infection. Plus maybe not enough tear production due to old age ... If it were me, I'd take 3 grams of liposomal vitamin C, maybe up to 3 times a day. That would calm down the allergy, and help out with the infection. Add some "artificial tears" eye drops for dry eye. And hang on for your doctor appointment. Maybe even schedule an appointment with an ophthalmologist. Story about liposomal C. On the Thursday before the 4th of July I had a toothache that drove me to schedule an urgent dental appointment. Great, toothache coming on just before a holiday weekend and the appointment was for Tuesday. Of course on Friday it was still getting worse. I took about 9-12 grams of liposomal C on that Friday, and the pain mostly disappeared. Backed off to 2 grams twice a day for Saturday and Sunday. Monday I canceled the Tuesday appointment since the pain was completely gone. Three weeks later I went in for my regular dental checkup, and there was a cavity that was causing all the trouble. If it hadn't been for the liposomal C, I'd probably have ended up in the ER that weekend. With it, a potential emergency was turned into regular maintenance. Liposomal C is ordinary sodium ascorbate, combined with phosphatidylcholine into nano sized drops. There are YouTube videos on making it yourself with an ultrasonic machine, but I found that ineffective. It's apparently a high pressure extrusion process that actually works. The cost is generally $1/gram, or $30 per box of 30 packets. LivOn Labs makes the original, although there are now a number of competitors at about the same price. Treatment of problems with Vitamin C is extremely dose dependent. There is extensive medical documentation of how not enough is, well, not enough. I knew Dr. Robert Cathcart, who used both oral and intravenous C extensively. His take on Linus Pauling was that "he was on the right course, he just didn't use enough". The real pioneer was Dr. Frederick Klenner, who was curing polio back in 1949. Liposomal C wasn't available for Klenner/Pauling/Cathcart, but it is now available to anyone with an Amazon account. Check out Dental Toxins, Dental Toxicity, Toxicity, Mercury Fillings, Root Canal, Periodontal Disease, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin C, TomLevyMD.com - Welcome site for more information about vitamin C and liposomal encapsulation. See Dr. F. R. Klenner and Vitamin C for some history about Dr. Klenner.
Check and make sure you (or wife) did not change soaps, laundry detergent, or anything else used for cleaning. I had a similar situation when the wife bought some discount laundry detergent. After that anything made by Lever Brothers is banned from the house.
Best thing to do is not touch or itch the eye and use a hot facecloth for relief that hyo silver mentioned, until you see the doctor. You might have an infection and be prescribed antibiotic eye drops. Hope you feel better.
Most likely an eye infection, go see your ophthalmology and get some antibiotic eyedrops. Physicians would not prescribe eyedrops.
Physicians can and will prescribe eye drops for eye infections. His GP will prescribe him antibiotic eye drops if necessary.
Forgot to start with the basics... Try some sterile saline eyewash. Rinse as often as it helps. Available at any drug store. Is there some reason you suspect mold? I know a guy who is hypersensitive to mold, to the point that he moved out of a house that had some. There are mold remediation businesses that can test for it. Simple treatment of the house is to bathe a moldy area in weak bleach (and fix the source of the dampness!). Real treatment is to cut out the area and rebuild. You really want to try everything else before working the mold angle. But if that's the problem, you've got to remove the source as well as treat the current outbreak.
Any general physician can prescribe any medication by law, but due to insurance liability and out of their discipline, they will refer you to the specialist and won't prescribe the medication.
I've never heard of a GP referring a patient to a specialist for an eye infection. I have had 2 in my lifetime and my GP prescribed me antibiotic eye drops.
Ophthalmologist and he will check eye pressure ect. Bring someone to drive you home so he can do a maximum dilation on you and get a good look. Your losing eye lubrication. Watch alot of tv in the PM before going to bed? Get off the pc for a few days as that will really stress your eyes out.
