Stye eyes

[Lomo1964]

Hi. I have been taking my Azathioprine and hydroxychliroquine for about three weeks now. Don't seem to be working yet but I have developed styes in both eyes. Anyone else had anything like this?

[phil_54]

Hi

I have been suffering from severe dry eyes due to hydroxychloroquine which i was told by the consultant would be a classic symptom the only thing you can do is keep using drops (Hycosan) seems to work really well for me but can be quite expensive and you cant get on prescription, annual eye test i would strongly advise while your on Hydrox as my optician thinks this may have caused a small abrasion on my left eye also i find regular soaking with a damp warm flannel can ease the eyes.

[Lomo1964 in reply to phil_54]

Hi I find them the best too. I have dry eye but I will reply again later because the maker of hycosan make another which even more expensive but can get on prescription they are just the same

[Lomo1964 in reply to Lomo1964]

Thank you

[oldtimer]

I use baby shampoo to clean my eyelids. I also have cobamer gel (not sure of the spelling) to put in my eyes. I have rosacea which affects my eyelids and the skin around my nose and central area of my face which is made worse by the steroids I take, but I'm also on azathioprine.

[popsmith1874 in reply to oldtimer]

I have found a big difference in my eyes since I stopped hydroxocloroquine and that was only 3 weeks ago so it was definite that drug that was giving me eye problems

[Lomo1964 in reply to oldtimer]

Thank you

[SassyZee]

several years ago i was dx with dry eyes so bad they had to scrap them. Then we tried several eye drops i had allergic reaction to one they prescribed. If you take Flax seed they will help your eyes a lot, matter of fact i don't have dry eyes no more since taking it.

[Lomo1964 in reply to SassyZee]

Really I'll try Iit. Thank you

[SassyZee in reply to Lomo1964]

make sure you get the gel flax pills. take 2 daily

[Lomo1964 in reply to SassyZee]

Thank you