Just been diagnosed with an ulcer on ... - Hughes Syndrome A...
Just been diagnosed with an ulcer on my cornea, is this common for APS sufferers or completly unrelated?
Hi there, they need to check you out for sjogrens syndrome! This is quite common with APS. Hope it heals up soon. Mary F x
Thank you Mary, I have got daily check ups with the eye doc so I will ask tomorrow.
I've had this several times, it first occurred at the time when I tried wearing contact lenses as a teenager ,and at the time was thought to be related to the herpes/cold sore virus.
I now wonder if it was related to having dry eyes as a result of my autoimmuneness; my eyes were extremely dry on Schirmers testing last year, and i've never got on with contact lenses.
Hope this helps, AllyB68. 
Hmmm, I had some oddball thing called Map-dot Dystrophy about 12 years ago. Had to have my corneas resurfaced with a laser. I wonder if there is a connection with Hughes. Wouldn't be surprised.
I just had one in April of this year. Not sure of the cause but two things specialist mentioned were the APS/Lupus as a cause and also herpes virus is known to cause it, but they didn't test for anything. I took drops for a few weeks and it went away. Felt like it was coming back so I used drops for a few days and it seems fine now.
I have noticed that my eyes are drier lately than they have in the past, and get irritated and sore, redness as well.
