Experiences with

Eye conditions

I am female and I’ve been on 75mg of Levothyroxine for 10 years now, I have recently noticed my hair is receding and am suffering from dry eye conditions. Is there any supplement that can help me or do I need to ask for an increase in my medication.

This is a service paid for by the NHS and operated through local opticians. You can apply directly to a participating optician as well as via your GP. As far as I know, it's available throughout the UK. I had a MECS appointment on Friday. About a year ago I went to my GP about problems with my left eye

I am absolutely fed up with hearing about the great research done for AMD money should be spent on supporting other eye conditions too. When have you ever heard of money being spent on any other eye condition? Rant over.

I have had many sleepless nights worrying about my eyes, having dry MD for nearly 20 years and other eye conditions. I would have thought that I would be able to deal more effectively with some dismissive, drs/consultants, but the older I get the more worn down and depressed I get.

One eye is glued shut each morning. I need to splash hot water in my eyes to flush the mucous out. Is eye inflammation a Parkinson's symptom?

Hi, Can someone please tell me how wwe can increase our ft4 and Ft3 when on thyroxine treatment? I am on thyroxine and I have noticed that my TSH would be optimal but ft4 and Ft3 would still be loww. I'm wondering what I need to do to increase thyroid hormones as well. I do not have hashimoto's. My

I am on day 9 of Ovaleap injections and day 2 of cetrotide on a short protocol IVF. I have found Ovaleap to be reasonably painless and easy to inject. The cetrotide however, was really painful yesterday when I injected it for the first time. Does anyone have any advice or top tips for injecting cetrotide

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed in 2018 with Hypothyroid Hashimoto and have been taking 50 microgrammi a day. Last week I did my blood test and my TSH is high 5.56. I will have to go to my endocrinologist and see what she will do. I feel very anxious and jittery. Is this normal?

My good friend came to know that I have dry eye issue and worry about retinal detachment, she sent over below acupuncture points for eyes and advised me to follow hoping that this will help the condition of my eyes. She emphasized that it is very important to apply some pressure on each point. Since

I am absolutely devastated this morning. My tooth crumbled when I was eating brown bread. I’ve had 2 dental abscesses in 4 months. I look after my teeth. I lost 2 teeth years ago (I didn’t know I had SLE) and was fobbed off by dentist as it must be my poor dental hygiene. Now I’m here again. I feel

I feel like I was hit in the eye. My eye feels big in the socket and hurts to move and my head hurts right next to my eye. Can ON give you head pain too? I sent a message off to my doctor but he is out for a while.

Hi, I'm currently suffering from sore eyes and swollen eyelids and area under my eyes. I do suffer with dry eyes and have had the skin under my eyes change a bit in the past but never my eyelids. They are that swollen that they actually touch my eye lashes. Anyone have any ideas what it could be or

Diagnosis anxiety I have had various symptoms for months, including reflux,throat clearing, dryness and doctors thought Sjogrens, but not sure so waiting on Rheumatology. I have awful dry nose, use a lot of gel but also saline spray, does anyone know if this can worsen post nasal drip? Am worried about

Hey guys so as you may know from my previous post that I had 1 failed fresh transfer, 1 failed frozen transfer, and 1 cancelled transfer due to me developing OHSS. So a year later (after losing 27kg in weight too) I’ve started treatment for an FET. I’m with Leeds fertility and a private patient. So

I have suffered dry eyes for over 40 years. All was fine until last summer when I started having problems again. I contacted my GP who told me to go to my optician. The optician told me if I didn't take more care of my eyes I would suffer with corneal scarring and other problems. He told me to research

So 12 months ago I was referred to Opthalmology after an opticians appointment and had a macular oedema in my left eye. I saw a consultant and he said brvo. After a short time I started receiving lucentis injections. I dreaded these as always had such bad after effects. I would be climbing the walls

Hi everyone, I’ve been diagnosed with seronegative RA and for the last year I’ve been getting red soreness and swelling around my eyes. I’m trying biologics (Cimzia didn’t work, now 10 weeks into Amgevita with no great relief). I’ve been given a few month-long courses of Prednisolone to manage flares

hi anyone had sore tongue like you've had something too hot and burnt your tongue also is the shortage of vit b12 related to sjogrens ?

I am almost embarrassed to ask this but here goes. Since starting on Pegasys (have had 9th injection today given every 2 weeks 45mg until today upped to 67.5ish) I have noted my eyelid skin drooping over my eye to the point that it almost obscures full vision, my cheeks have sunken without weight loss

Hi everyone! I am at work right now and my vision keeps going blurry. I was very upset this morning due to teenager drama so I am not sure if it’s related. I have never had optic neuritis so not sure what it feels/looks like. I’m on the computer all day and the words keep going blurry and then are