Dry Eyes???????

Question

I have been having pain in my eyes lately. I have seen optemetrist and pressure in my eyes is normal. He put this dye in my eyes and said I had slight dry eye but he also said it souldn't really cause me pain.

Sometimes my eye will itch real bad for a few minutes and other times I will get these pains in various places on my eye. Sometimes I get a slight headache but both onl last a few seconds.

Right now my eye feel as if they are burning a little when I blink, but the other eye is watering. Both eyes have the pain but currently the watery eye isn't.

Very strange. I feel that using my computer (as I am a web developer) often makes things worse. When I wasn't using it I hardley had the pain.

I do wear glasses when using a computer or watching TV but don't wear them often.

Any help for dry eyes? Do you find drops or sprays work?

Answer 1

I have this problem too (fellow web developer) and I've found it to be related most strongly to two factors:

1) Tiredness - Being sleepy causes my eyes to dry out, become red, itchy, and unpleasant.

2) Air humidity - Having my window fan on seems to dry out the room, and this really exacerbates my dry eyes. I've tried using a humidifier in the room with great success.

In any case, I find that not wearing glasses (if you are nearsighted) helps ease computer use greatly. Eye drops provide temporary relief, but I've found that solving the 2 problems above is a better cure.

It's also possible that you are having some sort of allergic reaction to pollen or something of the like if your symptoms have only developed recently.

Answer 2

get clear eyes eye drops, just go to walmart and look for them by the pharmacy

Answer 3

I too have problems sometimes with dry eyes and i use Optive Lubricant Eye Drops and it works very well. As far as the pain in various places on the eye i would get that checked out ASAP.

Hope I've Helped

Answer 4

Hayfever maybe? try eyes drops

Answer 5

Try hypromellose drops, you'll need to ask your pharmacist but they work much better than the comfort drops you can get.