How do you deal with dry eyes?

Posted by maryy @maryy, Jun 10, 2019

I have dry eyes due to sjogren's syndrome. Does anyone else deal with dry eyes?

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eva1930 | @eva1930 | Nov 21, 2022

You can only get at your optometrist

dreams | @dreams | Nov 27, 2022

In reply to @eva1930 "You can only get at your optometrist" + (show)

I am so glad this is working for you. Next time I see my optometrist, I will ask him about it. My optometrist prescribed a Band-Aid contact lens. It protects my eye from dust, breeze, and irritant. I feel so much better. I use less drops and have so much less pain!

nano42 | @nano42 | Nov 28, 2022

In reply to @eva1930 "My eyes are very dry eyes I am now using Thealoz Duo 10 ml which I..." + (show)

You can also get them at Amazon.

dutchmanmichiel | @dutchmanmichiel | Nov 29, 2022

In reply to @dreams "Hello, how is the Thealoz Duo working for you? Do you know the active ingredient? Thank..." + (show)

They are great, however, also somewhat costly.

luki52 | @luki52 | Dec 5, 2022

I use Oasis Tears Plus.
I use a warm eye mask.
I have had my tear ducts plugged. ( More than once because they do not last indefinitely. )
I use Occuvite wipes.
I use eye ointment at night.

If you want to see, you need to do all of these things.

Good luck.

Langold | @rarelybees2889 | Dec 19, 2022

This has been a long road of misery for me. Mine is due to Sjogren's Disease. I now have all four punctal plugs cauterized, which is not a great solution and yet still have dry eye!
I think what helps best is the serum eye drops, made from your own blood, which they spin into eye drops but it must be frozen and then used only 10 days.
Its an ongoing situation that never seems to really improve.
Mine are severe dry eye...
Thanks

emwilliams | @emwilliams | Dec 21, 2022

Yes, I too have dry eyes, have had entropian botheyes formany years, eye drop at least twice a day, does help alleviate the situation.Make sure there's no preservative in the solution.❤️☃️🙏🏼🇨🇦🎄☃️

mialola | @mialola | Jan 6, 2023

In reply to @rarelybees2889 "I have severe dry and two optic nueritis incidents. The dry eye I treat with serum..." + (show)

Hi how were you diagnosed? All my blood work was negative but I have had high ANA level since 2016

bustrbrwn22 | @bustrbrwn22 | Jan 6, 2023

I was using Bruder masks like crazy so I treated myself to an electric heated dry eye mask for about $100 at Hammacher Schlemmer. You can set the minutes to auto shut off and adjust the heat from low, medium, medium high, and high. I use the disposable paper eye mask covers, same as I did for the Bruder. Just in case anyone is interested.

dreamscape | @dreamscape | Jan 7, 2023

In reply to @luki52 "I use Oasis Tears Plus. I use a warm eye mask. I have had my tear..." + (show)

I had my tear ducts plugged as well and they didn’t stay . So my Doctor decided to to have the lower ducts cauterized. Didn’t work great for me as I have GVHD in my eyes!! ( look it up). Might work for you though as it is supposedly to help the upper ducts flow better.