Eye condition and fibromyalgia

Hi Everyone,

I went to a new eye doctor this morning and thanks once again to my good diet and my taking of supplements, I don't need new lenses. It's been 3 years.

The reason for this thread is I wanted to ask you if you've been told the skin cells on the outer part of your eyes are depleted. I guess that can come from fibro just like sjorgens can. Sjorgens is a dry eye condition.  I have that too. I asked what the worse is that can happen in having depleted skin cells on the outer part of the eye and she told me a person can more easily get an eye infection.

I now have to clense my eyelids everyday and use a better over the counter eye drop. I was using artificial tears and I guess there are eye drops that are better than that. I'm glad I didn't use Visine. She said that wouldn't be good for the dry eye condition because it contains a chemical. I also have to hold a wet warm compress to my eyes twice a day. The good news is this condition can improve. Yeah!

Has anyone else been told to do these things? If so, do you remove your eye makeup with the lid cleaner wipes? (I've been using Maybelline eye makeup remover all these years.) Do you use the lid soap (less expensive) rather than the wipes? The pharmacist told me to use the lid soap on my fingertips?

So much to learn, but I always remind myself learning is a good thing.

Thanks for listening.

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Fibromyalgia, CFS, multiple chemical sensivity, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, ADD, sjorgens, sleep apnea, asthma, headaches. The only medication I take is ibuprofen at night to sleep along with my supplements for sleeping. I am on a regiment of different supplements, I eat very nutritiously, and ever since my injury years ago I have been doing prescribed stretches x2 daily.

Post Edited (almost medfree) : 7/19/2012 2:43:51 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks for your posts.

I'm seeing her again next week and I'll ask her what the condition is called and if I should discontinue wearing eye makeup. Thanks! I'll let you know. So it sounds like you already have an infection. She didn't tell me I had one but perhaps you just have the inflammation? What causes this I wonder.

She gave me a couple free samples and one is refresh. I'm trying the other tomorrow. These are artificial tear drops that can do more than what I've been using which is the Artificial Tears.

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Fibromyalgia, CFS, multiple chemical sensivity, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, ADD, sjorgens, sleep apnea, asthma, headaches. The only medication I take is ibuprofen at night to sleep along with my supplements for sleeping. I am on a regiment of different supplements, I eat very nutritiously, and ever since my injury years ago I have been doing prescribed stretches x2 daily.

I have Dry Eye syndrome. My doc told me to use baby shampoo to wash my eyes. No make up remover wipes as they can irritate the eyes. I used Refresh but eventually I had to move on to a prescription eye drop - Restasis. I am no longer on it, or any eye drops due to a medication I am now taking that takes care of all my auto immune reactions (Remicade). Btw, when I used the lid wipes it seemed to work better than the soap.

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SHERRY
Moderator-Allergies/Asthma and Alzheimer's, Co-moderator-UC
Diagnosed Left sided UC in '92 - meds: 6mp, Colazal, Remicade and Bentyl*Unable to tolerate ALL mesalamines*, in '11 diagnosed with IBS, Diverticulosis, Fibromylagia..I also have Sacroiilitis, Scoliosis, Raynauds, OA, PA, Rosacea, Psoriasis, Dry Eye and allergies controlled by Zyrtec and Singular

My eye doctor Recommended Systane for dryness, and an overnight eyegel for severe dryness. He also put plugs in my tear ducts to increase natural liquid.

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Fibromyalgia DX 2005. Ulcerative Colitis, arthritis, TMJ. Family History of Fibro--2 out of 3 siblings diagnosed.

There are three kinds of people in the world: ones who see the glass as half-full, ones who see the glass as half-empty, and others who see a big crack in the side which is leaking all over their %$#@# foot.

I think my ophthalmologist did say something about my meibomian glands and that is why I have to do the hot compress thing every morning. But I will check with them the next time I go in.

Hi All,

My eyes seem to be doing much better. To save on money I've decided to just use the eye drops and warm compress and save the lid wipes for those days I wear eye makeup. I wore mascara recently and it seemed to irritate my eyes. I use to wear it just about every day.

How do you girls remove your eye makeup? I've been using maybelline eye makeup remover for years. Maybe that irritates and dries my eyes?

Sherrine, water soluable mascara? Can I ask which brand that is?

Something to share--a couple months ago I purchased an air purifer with an ionic option. There is a button to push to use that option. I read on a website that an air purifier that using ions can do harm to you by putting out ozone. This website I read through said it can affect the lungs and dry the eyes. I'm no longer using the ionic option.

Thanks!

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Fibromyalgia, CFS, multiple chemical sensivity, herniated disks, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, ADD, sjorgens, sleep apnea, asthma, headaches. The only medication I take is ibuprofen at night to sleep along with my supplements for sleeping. I am on a regiment of different supplements, I eat very nutritiously, and ever since my injury years ago I have been doing prescribed stretches x2 daily.