Sore eyes

[Caze]

I am experiencing sore eyes and using drops from the chemist for dry eyes. I know that people with Graves disease can have eye problems but I am hypothyroid with Hashimotos. Has anyone any idea what is going on.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Caze,

First bit of advice - ensure that whatever drops you use (or cream or any other eye product), it needs to be preservative-free. For reasons that are not entirely clear, (that means, I have no idea why!), people so often are fine on products with preservative if used occasionally, or for the first few weeks or months of use. Then they become sensitive to them.

When I became hypothyroid, I suffered dry eyes and discomfort. I used Visco-Tears in single dose units (the multi-dose packs contain preservative) several times a day and Lacri-Lube at night. Between them, they made a big difference. There are several other products which people might recommend - fine, you need to choose which one(s) to use.

[Caze in reply to helvella]

Many thanks for yr reply and the tip re preservative free.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

It’s quite common, especially if not on high enough dose

Particularly at night

I have been using Hypromellose eye drops over 20 years, now finally improving on high enough dose T4 and small amount of T3

[Caze in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank u for yr reply. I have ordered some Hypromellose, preservative free, from Amazon. Thanks again for the information.