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Eyelids stuck to eyeball at night
Eye Conditions | Last Active: Jul 15 6:39am | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
I had EXACTLY what you are talking about. I would wake up in the morning and not be able to open or move my eyeballs without pain or discomfort. I would slowly try to massage my eyeballs with my fingers through my eyelids, and slowly try to shift my eyeballs from left to right, then all around. One morning, I opened my eyes quickly and screamed in pain. It caused a fissure in my eye and I ha to be rushed to my eye doctor in extreme pain. It was agony, and my would not stop crying. My doctor put me on Gentamycin, which is an antibiotic in high grade petroleum jelly, and had me on that for about a month. Then he had me using Lacri Lube. But now it's almost impossible to buy Lacri Lube. The cause was never stated, but I ended up having cataract surgery and lens replacement to help me see due in part to Prednisone. Prednisone is known to cause eye problems. However, even thought I am off prednisone, the problem still exists, just not as bad. Diuretics for BP were also greatly reduced.
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Hello @marils and @violetangel1111 , I found a few other petroleum jelly based eye lubricants, now that LacriLube is hard to find (it is still available on Amazon as of today.).
Here are a few I have tried - Genteal Tears Severe Dry Eyes Lubricant, Systane Lub Eye Nightime Ointment Advanced Eye Relief Night Time Lubricant Eye Ointment (Preservative Free). My ophthalmologist prefers that I use the Systane because it is only petrolatum and mineral oil, no preservatives, and it seem to work well for me.
And here are some others I have found on line that seem to be similar.Duratears Naturale, Lubrifresh PM, PuraLube, Refresh PM, Tears Renewed, , Optase HYLO Night Gel for Dry Eyes
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I have the same symptoms. In my case I have corneal erosion (excruciating pain) caused because my eyes do not close completely shut at night while sleeping so eyes dry out. I can't tell that they do not shut all the way, so I was surprised. I just got an eye mask called Tranquileyes to keep eyes shut at night and hoping this works. I sincerely hope you can resolve your eye issue, I know how painful this is.