Irritated and watering eyes - Help

[Kevin_1]

Hi folks

Liz has irritated eyes and they are watering quite a lot now.

Has anyone got experience of this?

Any treatment which has helped.

We see the GP in a couple of weeks and having a bit if info would be helpful.

Thanks

Kevin

PS - Liz told me to post this here - She is so spot on!

[Pentland]

Hi Kevin. My husband has had watery eyes since day 1. Saying that, he has always had problems with his tearducts but it is a permanent problem now. Of course it gets bad when he has had a bout of choking. I wonder if the remedies for too much saliva would help with watery eyes? Sorry I've not been much help.

[Kevin_1 in reply to Pentland]

Hi

No I think you are probably right. The two are closely linked.

Thanks for coming back with that.

Liz now sits with her eyes streaming and can't look at anything for long. Sorting it out would help her a lot.

Thanks for the start.

[abirke]

Could this be the season of the allergy.....? B does not have this per se though he did have allergies around May....

Goodluck Avb

[Kevin_1 in reply to abirke]

Hi AVB... No, Liz had a step down last week and it started at the same time. Sighing, just another thing to add to the list.

Thanks for mentioning allergies though - I hadn't thought of that.

Best

Kevin

xx

[Yvonneandgeorge]

Kevin went we went to the hospital last week the doctor gave George eye drops, just waiting for our doctor to get the prescription ready, will let you know what it is when we receive them. Yvonne xxxx

[Kevin_1 in reply to Yvonneandgeorge]

Oh, please!

and Thanks Yvonne

xx

[Yvonneandgeorge in reply to Kevin_1]

Will do Kevin, hope you are ok, I'm in Cyprus at the moment, Yvonne xx

[Kevin_1 in reply to Yvonneandgeorge]

Lucky you!

I could almost live on olives, fetta cheese and goat - the wine helps as well!

[Yvonneandgeorge in reply to Kevin_1]

Yes it is lovely over here , wish I could pick you all up and bring you all herexxx

[Tokki]

Bugs had this problem and the Opthal. surgeon said it was due to the reduced/weak blink causing an overproduction of tears to compensate for them not being cleared in the normal way. Wiping the eyes causes the soreness so dabbing with the balm tissues helped. the solution was to use eye drops. Xalin were prescribed and seemed to help. If you are not seeing the GP for a while, they are available over the counter. We tried using a regular squeeze the eyes closed routine using a timer but it only worked if I told Bugs to do it.

[Kevin_1 in reply to Tokki]

Thanks Tokki - Now that makes sense to me - thank you.

I will pick some up today

[Spiralsparkle]

I don't know about what will help with watering eyes, Mum has phases of this but for sore or irritated eyes cold brewed teabags placed on eyes help with soreness.

[Kevin_1 in reply to Spiralsparkle]

Thanks Spiralsparkle,

The old ones are the best aren't they?

I find that very soothing for me. Especially if I am drinking the tea and put them on warm.

We tried that and they were wonderfully soothing for Liz - but it did not last for the streaming tears bit.

[Spiralsparkle in reply to Kevin_1]

Warm is lush. Mums skin is so hypersensitive to temperature she feels something is boiling on her when it is only lukewarm so have to do them at room temperature. It doesn't last long though like you say.

I agree the old ones are defo the best.

[richmond1]

Hi Kevin

Mum had this problem with her eyes last year, neuro enablement team advised mum wore sunglasses to rest her eyes and take off the strain, it did help mum. Unfortunately mums eyes are now shut most of the time, I don't think this is connected to her wearing the sunglasses it's just another shit part of psp xx

[Kevin_1 in reply to richmond1]

Hi Richmond

I'm sorry your Mums eyes are now shut. I think Liz is heading there quite rapidly.

Liz has always had trouble with brightness so she is well kitted up with sunglasses.

She has to close her eyes a lot now to rest them. I've noticed her watching TV with her eyes closed a lot more recently.

Maybe time to start Audio Books soon.

Yes, it's just another shit part of PSP.

Kevin

xx

[Cp612]

Hi Kevin - my husband has the same which in turns gives him a constant runny nose. He has comfort eye drops 3 times per day as his eyes are sore and tired but usually he ends up with them closed a great deal of the time. The irritation is caused by loss of the blink mechanism so the eyes are dry - you need to be mindful that this could lead to an eye infection. Should my husband ever want to read, a big struggle for him due to the downward gaze issues, he gets very tired eyes which doesn't help. Recently I obtained a set of prism glasses for him which are fantastic in helping with the gaze issue but they do not fix any short or long sighted issues!!!! Hope this helps xx all the best to you both.

[Kevin_1 in reply to Cp612]

Thanks Cp

This is beginning to make sense to me now.

I had not thought about infections.

Its beginning to sound like a journey and not just an 'eye issue'.

Best toy you both

Kevin

[marph]

Sorry for the delay in replying. My wonderful husband has very dry eyes, also. One big help has been tear duct plugs put in by his Opthal doctor. They plug up the large duct that is easily see on the inner side of the eye. They keep what tears that are made in the eye instead of draining out the duct.. They dissolve naturally in about 6 months when they need to be replaced. A's have been in 5+ months and I can see that he is tearing a lot more and his eyes are very red. Same Dr. also recommended Thera Tears which have a low salt content. I also put eye gel in--the same I use on myself for my dry eyes. I prefer GenTeal but Systane gel is also good. We live in the US but hopefully these hints help.

[Kevin_1 in reply to marph]

Marph - Thank you

Most products in the U.S. are available here... Sometimes under a different name (marketing!).

Your post is wonderfully helpful.

I shall talk to our Ophthalmologist tomorrow.

Cheers

Kevin

[jillannf6]

i agree with what has been said , eyes can be a problem , for me, and i use a gell called carbomer gel

it helps

lol jill

xxxxxx

[Kevin_1 in reply to jillannf6]

Thanks Jill

We are off to the GP next week - carbomer gel is now on the list to discuss.

Love

Kevin

xx

[Kevin_1 in reply to jillannf6]

After looking carbomer gel up - just bought some online - great reviews!

Liz wants to give it a try.

Thanks

[Kevin_1 in reply to jillannf6]

Waiving at you Jill

Thanks for the carbomer gel advice.

It is working very well indeed.

Hugs from us both

Liz and Kevin

XXX

[Patienan]

Hello, Kevin

I have PSP but it appears still to be in the relatively early stages: however I have had dry eyes for about .30 years. Real problems arose when the lids became infected and medical attention was needed. I was still working then and probably didn't look after the eyes properly and the condition is now chronic that is to say the eyelids are always ready to become inflamed and I have managed to avoid an acute attack for at least three years now. I always have an outfit to date tube of car over gel available but concentrate on keeping the area clean using sterile medicated eye wipes such as Supranettes, mad by Alcon, which can be bought from Boots.

I don't go out in winter very often but when I do the eyes will stream so Liz has my sympathies . I hope this is helpful.

Ann

[Kevin_1]

Hi Ann

Thanks - Yes it is helpful.

I'll try the supranettes.

We are waiting for some gel to be delivered now.

I'm sorry you have this bugger of a condition.

We still have good times despite all.

I hope you do too.

Warmly

Kevin

xx

[Tttp]

Hi my brother went threw with his eyes watering constantly, we just use fresh eye drops because of the non blinking, but it finally went away no more problems noe it's diffently aPSP situation. Nettie