I've been misdiagnosed a number of times now about my eyes. My symptoms are as follows. All may be part or separate from the eyes.

-Crusting of eyelids with discharge usually early morning for the most part. After waking up.
-Blood shot, just in one eye.
-Occasional stabby pains.
-I feel like there is very slight vision loss in the affected eye, or possibly bluring.
-I also have had ear infection problems recently.
-I occasionally get headaches or migraines.


Please help me. :( I've been given three types of medication so far. Two different types of eye drops. And an eye steroid. The steroid helped clean it up actually, but didn't work properly on the upper part of the eye. (Could it be I needed to direct the steroid more to the top of my eye?) The other drops didn't work AT ALL. I think there's also some nerve damage in my eye too, cause the lid droops down a bit at times.

I am not a doctor, but will give my thoughts based on personal experience.

The ear infection and headaches are probably related. You probably (not sure) will need an antibiotic to clear that up. I would not stay on it for very long. And I'd actually start on some Benedryl. You might also add a Nasal Rinse such as Nielmed (on a pharmacy shelf or www.nielmed.com). The headache may be a sinus headache, hence the Benedryl.

Let's go after the face too, a bit. Wash you face with Cutecura soap.

You can wash the outer portion of the lid with some baby shampoo and water.

Next the lid issue. Wash with warm water and gauze pad at least 3x/day. Pull the lids down and SCRUB.

I'd ask for a prescription of Tobradex. Lay off the steroids.
Probably something like 1 drop in each eye 2x/day for 2 weeks, then as needed. Eye pressure should be checked.

If it's indeed Blepharitus, the as needed may continue forever. In other words it will be used to knock out the eye's response when you identify triggers. Some triggers that bother me are: anti-feeze, petroleum products including paints and smog. You have to nail the response immediately.

You really should ask for Tobradex. It's a topical drop. Long-term continuous use an raise your eye pressure, thus once the disease is under control, you can use it for a few days or you'll probably only have to use it once per exposure.

Keep the lids clean in general. Initially, you will have to be very aggressive with the cleaning of the lids.
I'm actually talking about taking your fingers and pulling the lids down or up and SCRUBBING the surface where the tear duct is located.