Many people who reach the age of 50 notice that their eyes seem dry and gritty and that they tend to blink a lot. If they seek medical advice they will be told its a sign of advancing age, that one should accept it, and most patients will optimistically be given some tube(s) of eye-drops to use. Spoiler number 1: Eye drops do not work and their use is over-rated. This sore and gritty eyes problem will continue uninterrupted for some years and the rapid eyelid blinking will intensify. During further visits to your doctor, he may well inform you that you now have blepharitis (inflamed red inner eye-lid margins) for which he may prescribe an antibiotic or tablets with Tetracycline or Doxycycline being prescribed. Spoiler number 2: Antibiotics do not work, and the problem will continue. Stage 3 of this slowly advancing ailment is seen around age 55 in males, apart from rapid eye-blinking you then have eye-lid muscles that do not function quickly due to overuse, many patients then develop the "long-blink" in which they are forever closing their eyelids for several seconds, a trip to the hospital eye-dept may well confirm that you now have BLEPHAROSPASM. Spoiler number 3: Blepharospasm is uncurable, and more often than not so is reduced tear flow. This is a vast subject to read or write about, other writers have discussed blocking (cauterising) the tear ducts to save tears, others advise unblocking the meibomian tear-glands, whilst others have blamed tiredness, stress, poor diet and a lack of certain vitamins.
May I make this suggestion: Please check the harshness of the soap you use to wash your face with and stop using soap on your face or hair, I have had all the problems listed above for 25 years, and discovered that by no longer washing my face with soap and by stopping soap getting into my eyes DAILY when washing - that my eye-problems have decreased from 8 points to 2. This is such an improvement that I now consider myself almost cured. I need to add that this improvement has taken 3 months to achieve. I will add that you must discuss this condition with your doctor in its early stages, and my suggestion to stop getting soap-in-your- eyes is no more than a common-sense step in the right direction. Its the DETERGENT in soaps that causes the long-term eyelids nerve damage and constant irritation. I now make sure that nothing including tap water goes into my eyes. I offer this advice has a suggestion that's worked for me and for no other reason. If you know someone with dry eyes and who always have red eyelids please pass this tip onto them.
May I make this suggestion: Please check the harshness of the soap you use to wash your face with and stop using soap on your face or hair, I have had all the problems listed above for 25 years, and discovered that by no longer washing my face with soap and by stopping soap getting into my eyes DAILY when washing - that my eye-problems have decreased from 8 points to 2. This is such an improvement that I now consider myself almost cured. I need to add that this improvement has taken 3 months to achieve. I will add that you must discuss this condition with your doctor in its early stages, and my suggestion to stop getting soap-in-your- eyes is no more than a common-sense step in the right direction. Its the DETERGENT in soaps that causes the long-term eyelids nerve damage and constant irritation. I now make sure that nothing including tap water goes into my eyes. I offer this advice has a suggestion that's worked for me and for no other reason. If you know someone with dry eyes and who always have red eyelids please pass this tip onto them.
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