hi, I have fibro & psoratic arthritis diagnosis from 2019.
In last 6 months both my eyes are constantly watery. To the point that I look like I’m crying but only from one eye the other just watery and doesn’t look as bad as crying eye.
I have used eye drops but they’re not helping.
anyone else had this ?
thank you for reading this and any responses I may get.
Hi there, have you had a word with your pharmacist? It could be sinus related. It's that time of year. Pollen, grass cutting etc.
Momo
I’ve booked an appointment with my optician for next week but didn’t think of the pharmacist. Thank you for suggesting it I shall do this tomorrow.
I do get hayfever but this is different as I said before one eye is just constantly rolling water down my face.
Thank you
I hope you can find some answers. I suffer with bad sinus problems. But I also suffer from severe dry eyes. And one of my symptoms of dry eye is that they will pour out water at certain times. I use optrex intensive for my dry eyes. May worth a try.
If it gets worse please speak with your GP or call 111 you could have something like an eye infection. The possibilities are endless. Hopefully the pharmicist will be able to help you xx
Yes I get streaming tears from one eye only. Turned out to be blocked tear duct. Optician checked for dry eye but it wasn't that. Hope you find some relief soon.
hu, yes I get this but both eyes, due to hayfever, allergies and sinus problems. I hope you find out what is causing yours.
I do get hayfever but this isn’t hayfever it’s so different. One suggestion was a blocked tear duct can cause watery eyes. Thank you for replying
hi I get watery eyes too but one at a time and can happen any time,cold weather,hot weather,I don’t have hay fever and can happen whether outdoors or indoors watching the tv it’s been happening for a long time now so will be watching this post with interest
I get dry eye/ bletheritis and get drops from optician. Also it might be worth talking to a pharmacist.
thank you I’m going to see pharmacist
hello, we are fibro twins…I’m 59 with fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis too. My eyes are the same. Optician recommended Hycosan extra eye drops which I’ve found to be hugely helpful…much better than any others I have tried. Hope this helps xx
We are twins, thank you for telling me about Hucosan I’ll get some and try it.
your tear ducts may be blocked. I had mine unblocked by opthalmologist ...
My husband Tom. I’m not sure what started it but he was going through a box of tissues every day. We thought it was allergies but finally called an optometrist and asked if he could do a medical exam. He agreed ( insurance paid) and the doctor prescribed prednisone eye drops 3 times a day for 30 days. It started to work around the second day and by 6 or 7 days his eyes were much better. He used the drops for 30 days. Some days were worse but he kept using them. Three weeks later his eyes were back to normal. He did finish the RX and his eyes were healed. Not sure if it was an allergy or what, but his eyes are fine now! As your eye doctor about prednisone drops. They’re healing
Hi, I hope your well. I wanted to reply to your messsge as I have suffered from the same for the last 2 years. I have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. After a long wait at the hospital and tests, I was diagnosed with blocked tear ducts. I had surgery last year to open them and also given eye drops and ointment to ensure I don’t have dry eyes, which I know is strange as they are running but it is the diagnosis in a lot of watery eye complaints.
It was an awful thing to have, as affected my eyes so badly I struggled to drive and I constantly looked like I was crying but it’s brilliant now.
You need to get a referral to your ophthalmologist and see if they can help. I was told mine was as a result of my rheumatoid arthritis.
I hope this helps and wish you luck.
Louise 😊
Dry eyes are a symptom of FM, and while dry, they water! There are drops available for that issue and you need to ask your GP or your optician. I used to use Blink but I think there are others, and that was a long time ago. I no longer suffer.
"Dry eyes are a symptom of FM, and while dry, they water! "
This is not correct. But people with fibro may be more likely to have dry eyes as a result in overlap with Sjogren's.
Well, as a sufferer of both FM and dry eyes, I Googled it and several positive answers were the result. I can't remember any conversations with my GP or optician but I'm sure I would have brought up the subject and it was never knocked down.
Many people suffer with dry eyes who do not have fibro. Just because we have fibro and dry eye. Does not mean its a fibro problem.
We just happen to be people who have fibro.
The same way people wh may have other health issues and dry eye.
I would just like to point out when using DR Google be careful of what your may read.
Everything comes up as fibro related
For example I googled heart attack and fibro. And yep you can find a link to fibro.
Momo
This is true but they often seem to come together, perhaps caused by the fatigue.
The internet is a great tool but I can remember when we had fibro symptom lists that were 30 - 50 symptoms long, then we were seeing them with a 100, then 150 and now we see 200 - 250. This is over the last 10 years and it is not driven by science for the most part.
These lists tend not to consider primary, secondary, comorbid conditions, or overlapping conditions. They also tend not to dwell on background rates of a symptom in non fibro populations as opposed to fibro ones and if there is a difference. There also tends not to be any correlation with age either.
e.g. age related symptoms and conditions can be common in our population as we have a tendency to have a weighted older population with more tending to be over 40 than under 40. The lack of tests for fibro means that we must guard against including symptoms that are not part of fibro.
In those days I had only Fibro - nothing else. You might say so far as you know. However, all the other conditions are age related and have come along as I aged. I also have itchy ears.
Yes I have this watering eyes but I'm not sure it is linked to oteophorisis or part of my allergies or both it's very annoying and it all makes me feel quite depressed
We can't rule out the simple matter that if you have FM you are probably not sleeping well, and if you wake up with scratchy eyes I feel this could cause it. I used to have scratchy eyes all the time but now, on Pregabalin, I sleep well enough, that even if I do wake with scratchy eyes, it soon goes away and I no longer have runny eyes.
Hi,
I have had watery eyes for years, no matter the season. If this has just started happening for you, it’s more than likely to be hayfever/allergies/inflection etc.
My dry eyes are caused because of Sjögren’s. Dry eyes = constantly watering haha. Might be worth keeping an eye on if it doesn’t clear up with eye drops daily. Have a chat with your doctor if advice from the ophthalmologist doesn’t help. I read somewhere (don’t have source ready) that there is an overlap with fibromyalgia and Sjögren’s.
Hope all clears up for you soon!
I have a blocked tear duct in my left eye, so I get a fair bit of water and also some gunky stuff from time to time. It's something we can get with advancing years. My father had it too.
I recommend either your GP or your optician.
Cheers, Midori
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