Painful eyes

Hi Cats eyes

I have dry eyes and are often painful and I have to have artificial tears for this as I told the Optician about this and she put a special drops in my eyes and then checked them and then she said I needed false tears as my tear ducts were not working properly,[u:0496ad55a1] probably [/u:0496ad55a1]due to sjogren's syndrome, but she said I needed to refer this to my GP too....... I am no doctor but just goto your GP as you should not be suffering.

I hope you get your answers soon x

Hi Cats Eyes

Of course we are not bored with you We just want to help as and when we can.

I have a lot of eye problems too .... the first signs of me having a 'bad day' are that my eyes feel heavy, sore and painful ..... and they look different too. I also wear light sunglasses most of the time because, like you I can't stand bright lights. This is one of the symptoms of our old friend, ME I am afraid :roll:

I am often to be found with a warm, wet flannel over my face (my hubby says it is a big improvement :lol: ) to soothe my eyes, and also use various types of eye drops.

Hope this helps you a little. Take care

As Katie has already said it is a side affect of me, the burning and the pain. It happens to me when I get too tired or have been overdoing things. I am very light sensitive. At times I turn dorn the brightness of my tv and computer screen. I can't use eye drops due to past eye surgery. A cooling cloth over helps I find.

I too have problems with my eyes. I was diagnosed with Sjogrens syndrome by a rheumatologist cos I also have osteoarthritis. Apparently it is called sicca, the dryness.

I have artificial tears for when they are really bad and have had to get reading glasses. Another thing I find is that my eyes are sensitive to light. When I am ill I lie in a darkened room. :cry:

I also find that if I catch the light, like when turning on a lamp, that it \"imprints\" in my eyes. I have to turn the lamp on with my back to it!! :oops:

Very occasionally I have migraine type visual disturbances when I see loads of wavy lines :shock:

Never really connected it to the ME but it is a co-incidence that a few of us have eye problems.

Is it any wonder people dont take ME seriously when you considor the range of symptoms! :bleep: . Yet we all have this diverse yet similar range of problems. :cry:

Dale xxx

Oh, that's really weird Dale ..... I turn my head away when I switch a lamp on too :lol:

I'll be thinking of you doing the same each time now :lol:

Katie, you can be my new best friend, cos Teedie has left me for James and his Speedoes!! :wah:

We can turn our backs to the light together :lol:

Dale xxx

Right on, Dale :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Oh Dale, i would never let a man come between us :wink: :wink: especially one in speedos, (no offence James) :wink: i am still your bestest friend :hug:

I promise i won't flirt with him again :roll:

I too have blurry, light sensitive eyes and wear sunglasses in the car even when it's raining 8)

Hi Teedie

Glad you are my bestest friend again :smooch:

Katie you are still my friend too :hug:

Dale xxx

Aww shucks ....... thanx Dale 8)

This sounds like my daughter when she was in primary 7 at school (year 7) to you lot, i think :lol:

:lol:

I think one of the symptoms of this illness must be childish behaviour :lol:

But who cares :wink:

if it's not, we can invent it Katie :lol:

Nothing wrong with getting in touch with your inner child now and again :lol: :silly: :nahnah: :devil:

I do it a lot!!

Dale xxx

I must have missed this when I came back from holiday, I have just found it now and it's made me chuckle.

Seriously though, I often feel as though I have something in my eye, a bit of dust or an eyelash, but there is nothing there. I do get little ulcers on the insides of my eyeleds, and also the insides of my lips.

There's always something not working quite properly. Oh poo, pants, :bleep: (mini punchbag moment)