I am having a very annoying problem with my eyes lately, they are itching, feel like they are swollen and generally are very irritated. I have usually been diagnosed with blepharitis and tomorrow I am having an appointement with the eye doctor. The problem is that all the collyriums they are prescribing have cortison or antibiotics and after I use one drop I lose my heart rythm immediately. I am AF free for 5 months now and I don't want to risk another bout of AF, so if anyone knows something that I could use instead the usual collyriums I would be grateful. CDreamer usually knows everything about all health problems and helped me a lot with a cream for dermatitis which is a miracle, does she happen to have a solution for this too.
Thank you all in advance.
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The old fashioned remedy used to be to bathe your eyelids with very diluted Johnsons baby shampoo. If you wear mascara I would change to one for sensitive eyes and that could see you never having blepharitis again.
Oddly enough someone I know was only today saying she has blepharitis and had been advised to wipe her eyelids with a cotton bud soaked in a gentle baby shampoo - much the same as jeanjeannie50 has suggested. She said it was working.
Hi ornella. I have blepharitis & dry eye. My GP said he couldn't stress how important it is to do warm compress every day then massage the eye lids. I then scrub the flakes away gently with a cotton bud soaked in warm water. No baby shampoo as I think it irritates. I use an eye gel through the day & I find this helps to oil the eye lids. Hope this helps
I had blepharitis and was sent to the emergency eye department at my hospital. The advice was a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate added to a large mug of previously boiled water, allowed to cool and used to clean each upper and lower lid twice a day every day for a week. After that to continue as much as you feel able. I still do a quick wipe every day and make up the solution every five days in a small jar. It is just like brushing my teeth and keeps it under control. My optician told me that once you have it, it never goes away. I tried endless online products - masks and drops, creams etc but nothing beats very safe and cheap sodium bicarbonate.
I already bathed eyelids with soda and it is a greta relief, thank you so much. I have a foam that is meant to cure blepharitis but it does nothing, soda was so refreshing, thanks.
Hi Ornella, I was diagnosed with blepharitis several years ago. Up until very recently I had managed to keep the blepharitis under control, with twice a day bathing in Simple shampoo and hot water. Then massaging Vaseline at night before bedtime as recommended by my GP. She also said to use Johnson baby shampoo but for me Simple shampoo was more gentle. Unfortunately I have neglected my daily routine and I am suffering the consequences of it. Good luck
You can buy goggles filled with beads which heat in the microwave in a few seconds and will warm the eyelids in a steady way for ten minutes. You can't see through them so it's a bit boring.
Instant relief ( it does burn a little if infection is severe )
I do 2 - 4 doses first day if its really itchy.
then once a day for a week
You can clean the eyelids daily with cotton buds, Johnson’s Baby shampoo (this is recommended presumably because it is mild) and boiled water -which has cooled of course! See londoneyeunit.co.uk/service...
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Have just noticed that jeanjeannie50 has correctly pointed out that the Johnson’s baby shampoo should be *very* diluted- perhaps a couple of drops in a cup of water.
I use blephaclean wipes as well periodically. I get them on Amazon. They're very good. I use one end of a wipe for one eye an the other end for the other eye. Also the optician has a blepharitis treatment specialist. He has an instrument like a mini electric drill with a pad on the end. He runs this along the eyelids to give them a good clean. It's not particularly comfortable but it works very well and opens the tear ducts up. That costs £50.
Yep - been there, done that. I use Blephagel x 2 daily - it’s a gel which you massage onto the eyelids, leave and then rinse off with warm water. Follow with a warm compress - the ones filled with hemp seeds worked best for me - then bathe again - followed by eye drops with no preservatives in - I use Thealoz Duo - use the gel form especially at night. Persistence till it improves then a daily routine of washing with the gel and the eye drops.
I get them from my opthalmatist because I get a discount from them and they monitor and advised me. At one time both my eyes were very bloodshot and very sore and I had to have steroid drops as my cornea became inflamed but that has happened again since I maintained the above routine.
My opthamist was trialing a machine which was like a vacuum for people with persistent Blephairitis but I haven’t had to resort to that, thankfully.
I keep mine under control by bathing them morning and night time with a solution of boiled water and salt.
If it flares up I go to the GP who prescribes cream but the Boots pharmacy always suggests I buy Optrex Itchy Eyes ointment which is very gentle and costs a lot less!
The trick is to try to remember to bathe the eyes even though they may not be itchy !
I had this issue on my left eye for about 3 months. Opthamologist prescribed me some expensive drops that did work, but never got rid of the issue. Two courses of it and came back. I finally decided to try colloidal silver which I had success in past with "normal" pink eye and worked well on cats that had eye issues. Worked like a charm! About 10 days and was gone for good. doesn't sting as it's just water with atomized silver in it.
I used the spray bottle vessel - you can buy dropper, nasal inhaler and fine spray bootle colloidal silver. I actual had the nasal inhaler so I used that one and it cleared up as I said b4. Also works great for sinus infections. Bonus!! It's pretty cheap.
Here is the brand I've used for years. Sovereign Silver Bio-Active Silver Hydrosol for Immune Support
Using colloidal silver in the eyes for infections like Pink Eye or sties is safe, extremely simple to do, and powerfully effective. ... What's more, for allergies and itching eyes colloidal silver can be used very effectively to relieve the itching and refresh the eyes in just minutes after applying
Thank you so much, I am aware of colloidal silver and have used it in the past a lot, it was a spray from Higher Nature, but didn't know that it could be used in eye too. I quit taking it when I read that it caused cyanosis- I am not sure about the term- in simple words it made people look greyish like silver, but I will give it a try again. thank you indeed for the links and all the nice tips.
There has been only been a few proven cases of argyria from exposure to medical silver - another term for the greying / bluish discoloration. and it's been shown that cases from colloidal silver are rare, but silver nitrate that they used to "burn" out or treat lesions in the mouth which has MUCH higher concentrations and still has to be overused to have that effect. One would have to consume huge amounts to get the condition. See following excerpt:
Published 16 February 2009
A 64-year-old white man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain. His bluish-grey skin discoloration had been present for several years following regular ingestion of colloidal silver over a period of 12 months. During this period, he drank 1 litre of colloidal silver dispersed in water weekly. He could not recall the details of the silver salt and its concentration. The discoloration appeared within a day of using the same solution externally on his scalp, following which he abandoned the use of silver. He had taken the silver solution as an alternative medical treatment “to ward off infections” as he had read that colloidal silver “cures everything”
I also used to have chronic canker sores in my mouth. SO I started squirting them with silver as they came and after a short while (a month or two) they've dissapered. I rarely ever get one since then and it's been over 35 years.
I urge you to look for colloidal silver reviews and see what folks have to say.
I've used it since 1982 and no issues, but then I'm not drinking a liter a week. I use it when I need it, not as a preventive like some say is OK so the "build-up" is miniscule.
Thanks once more, I made a research and found what you suggested, I am living in Greece and we have pure colloidal silver and water,(Viogenesis) no preservatives here so I am thinking to buy it and use it as ordering from amazon uk will take a lot of time to arrive here. I have a question though, I think it is better to use the spray and not the drops which seem to frighten me a bit as they are used inside the eye, what do you think?
Spray is easier and gets the whole eye, business end (the eye itself) and surrounding skin. That's what I do when I need it. I keep eye open and squirt a few short sprays about 4-6" (10-15 cm) away from eyes. My wife recently also had an issue with a few canker sores on mouth and wiped them out in a few days. I've also sprayed the silver on any cuts to stop infection.
How did they discover initially that silver worked. Accidental on board pirate ships. Pirates got bored and played games where they tried to see who was better at flipping coins into water barrels. They noticed that the barrels of water that had the coins in them stayed clean and clear where the ones that had no coins sometimes got icky. So they started putting the silver coins in all the barrels.
Thank you doc, it maybe is due to demodex infection, will check it again soon, the anesthetics used in the eye for blood pressure measurement and cortizone collyriums as well as some antibiotic collyriums have caused af to me. thanks for your advice, kind regards back.
Desmodex is very rare. It will need to go confirmed by parasitology. In the past 18 years as an eye surgeon, I have only seen handful of cases. Common things are common!
Lid hygiene is most effective. Avoid steroid drops for simple blepharitis. If use want you can try a course of Fusithalmic eye ointment.
It will need to be prescribed by your doctor.
If you suffer from eczema or rosacea then you might need different treatment
I use a single drop of organic lavender oil diluted in a pint of boiled, cooled water and cleanse my eyelids morning and night with this solution. It takes minutes and costs pennies and has kept my Blepharitis at bay for many months now.
Thank you, I am currently trying colloidal silver as indicated by some guys above and it seems to work but I can try lavender oil as well. By the way lavender oil can be applied directly on skin etc, it must not be diluted like all the other oils, so I am wondering if you are aware of it or do you dilute it because of the eye area, so it can not be irritating. Kind regards.
Yes, I dilute it because it is the eye area. I have used it in many different ways on my skin but am particularly careful around my eyes.
There is also a very good website, Butterflies.co.uk who sell many products for Blepharitis and also mascara and other make up products for sensitive skin and eyes. They also do a Tea Tree cleansing oil for Blepharitis which I have tried and found helpful.
Hi again, please could you help me which product from butterflies co uk have you tried for blepharitis and worked well for you because there is so much info in there that i got confused, I need some hot packs for eyes but no microwave as I don't have one, avoid it, and those that they sell are having chemicals inside, the other ones need to be put in hot water which is not comfortable. Thanks once more.
I have used the Tea Tree eye cleansing oil and found it effective, but the lavender oil in sterile water, which I can make up for myself is working fine for me and in comparison costs next to nothing.
Hope I don't sound like a broken record - Colloidal Silver. I used a spray bottle and spray it in my eyes 3-4 times a day while I was infected and continued for a week later to be sure. hey! It's water! Slight sting. I had the same issue with red inflamed eyelids. One of my ducts was blocked. Opthamologist prescribes some $$$ drops which worked for a while, but it came back. My fix was silver and warm compresses applied to eyes to help the plug loosen. Gone for months now. Another time I felt I had an eye infection I used some good quality organic style soapo in the shower and YES, it stung, but a few days later - voila! No more issues. kind of like the others regarding baby shampoo. Good luck!
P.S I had a cat that every winter like clockwork he'd get a a stye in left eye. So, standard Vet visit, $$$, prescription drops $$$. SO my wife suggested the silver. Worked like a charm and he never had to go back to vet for that isse. A drop AM and Pm for 2-3 days and he was right as rain.
Thank you solarjdo, I already use it and hot compresses too, it is o.k when I use them but comes back when I stop, winter affects my eyes most, I mean when it is cold outside and windy etc, my eyew become more irritated, in summer they are a lot better. Thank you once more, have a nice day.
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