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Herniated disk and dry eye?

Posted by debbiekbrau @debbiekbrau, Jun 8 9:50am

Hi.. my husband has been dealing with dry eye miserably for 2 years to no avail of any meds to help.. as well as doing allergy shots that seems to make it worse.. he had testing for eye diseases and all turned out negative..so recently he’s had neck pain that goes onto his shoulder an MRI was done and he has a herniated disc in his neck .. he is doing therapy and pain management but it is not helping . His next step is the abrasion of the nerve.. my question is can the herniated disc be causing his dry eye syndrome?
He also has continuous sinus congestion in his head and his head seems to drop to his chin and does say he feels it effects his breathing..
Could the herniated disc be the root to his dry eye?

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curlylocks7 | @curlylocks7 | Jun 17 1:47pm
In reply to @erdocsmom "@curlylocks7 from what I understand you should be very careful having that type of eyelid surgery...." + (show)
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@curlylocks7 from what I understand you should be very careful having that type of eyelid surgery. It can actually make dry eyes worse. One of my eyes was a little bit droopier and I had an ophthalmologist/Plastic Surgeon do my surgery. He was aware of my dry eye problem. Unfortunately, that eye doesn't close totally now and that eye is worse. I've never heard of it as being a treatment for dry eyes, but only as being a cause of them.

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@erdocsmom Actually, it was my ophthalmologist who referred me to an eye surgeon who does nothing but droopy eyelid surgery. My cousin and her mom both had this surgery and she said it really helped.Although my ophthalmologist does perform cataract surgery, he said he would not do any other type of eye surgery including cornea and retina. It's very hard to know who is telling the truth.

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jenatsky | @jenatsky | Jun 21 1:46pm

My dry eyes are due to our forced air HVAC system. We live in a condo and after 24 years of house living with no dry eyes it all began when we changed home types. I had thought it was related to my cataracts but no chance I was told. I just use Sustayn Eye drops.

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