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I was wondering if anyone has this symptom. Every now and then I wake up with sticky, blood shot eyes. They are obviously irritated and the symptom usually appears when my other symptoms are flaring. I also occasionally get jabbing pains behind my eyes. I have seen an eye doctor, but he says he doesn't know the cause. My eyes do tend to get dry, though apparently not dry enough to be considered a dry eye diagnosis.
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My son used to get bloodshot eyes and was diagnosed with episcleritis. After starting treatment with A-Bart, he had a flare for 3 weeks and both eyes were very bloodshot and then it calmed down. When he increased his A-Bart dose it flared slightly again. Now he is still on A-Bart and it hasn't been a problem at all.
I also developed a bloodshot left red eye within a day when I started on A-L complex.The dose I started on was 1/4 drop every 10 days ! This never happened before with antibiotics. Since starting the herbals I have had intermittant pain in my left eye, sometimes it is a bit crusty and sometimes it waters. This is the same eye where I have a ptosis from a previous Bells Palsy on the left side of my face.
So for us, I think the eye symptoms are a type of herx response to herbal treatments.
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I have this symptom and was finally diagnosed with dry eye and use Restasis which helps alot.
The year before the dry eye diagnosis, my eye doctor had me using OTC by Bausch & Lomb called Soothe. That did help.
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My son has eye symptoms, especially during flares and herxes.
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Thank you so much to all who gave me their valuable info! I appreciate it!
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We get this as well. Have also been to the eye Dr and they can't find a problem.
Refresh eye drops have been very helpful for us.
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I get this too and was worried because I have a history of swollen optic nerves with hemorrhaging but when I went to my eye Dr. he said it is the autoimmune part of Lyme Disease.
He gave me a perscription for steroid drops but I felt that it was better to suffer through it then to do that to my eyes when steroids are the alsting thing that we are supposed to be using.
It will come and go. I am just kind of used to it by now.
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If there is capillary fragility, bioflavonoids can be helpful, particularly quercitin. I am taking 400 mg quercitin with bromelain by Now Foods for this exact reason, Bloodshot eyes.
I had no idea this could be bart-related.
For dry or allergic eyes, the homeopathic drops Similasan can be helpful.
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This has been an ongoing symptom for me. It is clearing some with babesia treatment but I believe it is could also be ehrichlia.
100mg of hyaluronic acid taken every day keeps my eyes clear. It is the only thing that helps. You can buy it at your health food store but do not get the cheap source that is made from chicken sternum or rooster comb.
Hyaluronic acid is collagen and the bacteria love it so it needs to be replaced. Collagen is in your eyes, skin and joints.
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Did you see an optometrist or an opthamologist? If it is iritis, it is nothing to mess around with. Antibiotics may need to be stopped and unfortunately small doses of steroids are the only way to treat this. That and dilation. I had it for two months at which time my llmd told me to stop my abx. He said you can lose your sight if it's not treated. It can be recurring at which time if you have the meds, you can take them when it flares. But to just let it go or brush it off to dry eyes is not a good idea. Is your vision affected when this happens? That's a clue.
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Interesting Eliz, and important information. Thank you.
That said, I also have noticed since the nuclear radiation fallout, and I don' t know why this would seem to be connected, but here it is....I am noticing that a lot of people in this area have bloodshot eyes. Including kids.
Hmmmm. Interesting.
This has never been a pattern before, not even with the pollens of spring in this area.
I wonder about this.
Maybe it has nothing at all to do with the nuclear radiation and really is just seasonal allergies? But why I never noticed this before? I don't know.
My husband never gets those allergies and yet he has the red eyes this year too. Four year olds have it. Strange.
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Neff - what brand HA do you take? Assume by mouth - for joints and eyes? Tks.
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I get major pink eyes. I look quite stoned most of the time!
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susank, the brand I buy changes. The last brand I bought was BAXYL and it was $40. Look for a purified high molecular weight product. Chicken sternum is worthless and is often labeled Type II Collagen. Type II can actually be inflammatory.
Google BAXYL. It contains no animal parts and is high molecular weight. There are other brands but I just don't remember their names.
Other benefits of HA is it reduces wrinkles (often in expensive cosmetics) and lubricates joints. It is considered an anti-aging compound because we lose collagen as we age.
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