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I have an abundance of discharge from my left eye, which is very annoying. From time to time my left eye gets tender and the eye rim, usually the bottom rim can get sensitive and a little red. I take a warm washcloth and hold it and wipe it over my eye in the evening, doing that several times and again in the morning. Usually that fixes the problem for quite awhile. I do find sun and wind can bring it on more often. I have learned to clean out my eye quite often during the day.
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My ophthalmologist says its sever dry eye that can cause infection. I was prescribed steroid antibiotic drops that took care of the issue but once the medication course was complete, the issue was back. Then they prescribed another steroid antibiotic which helped but the issue was back again in a week.
3rd time, they gave steroid antibiotic + restatis (to numb the nerves at back of eye) + artificial tears + night eye ointment + nasal spray. It seems to be holding up, although my eyes still turn red sometimes and have increased sensivity.
I've also incorporated washing may eyes with warm water in morning - similar to warm compress.
I believe these are all trying to fix the symptoms but not the root cause of what's causing the severe dry eyes all of a sudden.
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I found this so we may not be imagining things:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32407752/
Think I will now alert my ophthalmologist so he can monitor my situation.