My severe dry eyes got better after changing diet to low carbs in about three months. Quit sugar, processed foods and refined carbohydrates. No longer pre diabetic.
In future videos, can you cover the neuropathic part of dry eyes, in which you don t really have dry eyes, but you costantly feel them burning and feel them like they are dry when they arent?
Great, promising information, I haven’t been able to get much relief from my dry eye or mites, not sure, my doctor seems to think everything looks good & doesn’t offer anything new at this time?
We generally have good a healthcare system in Sweden where you basically have free healthcare for every condition. Except for dry eyes, which I have had for almost 10 years. It has cause other severe conditions like sleep deprivation and depression and the doctors here still just tell me "To get on with it" or "Use eyedrops". I am so happy that I've found these videos and they have been helping me alot. I only wish I could get these treatments and prescriptions where I live. Hopefully one day it will be the case.
Hi Eye Guy 😎 nice video 📹 and workmanship those are some gooood stuff !!! I like the heat fat release IPL !!! DOES IT COME WITH ALL THE HOT FOOD PLACES !!! 🤔 😋 😊😮❤😅
Thanks for all you do.. this can be a debilitating condition with so many possible causes and treatments. I am going to try IPL.. do you have recommendations for the optimal settings of the machine? So many MD’s are behind the OD’s in their dry eye knowledge.
Any info re: ACTHAR gel injectable? At “end phase” dry eye, & dr suggested we try this next. Sounds a bit scary. Tried everything else you mentioned 😖😩☹ The failure of Medicare reimbursements has been extremely frustrating. Is anyone advocating for us?
Two things that helped so much right away are using the Horus X ® • Gaming Glasses • Blue Light Blocking Computer Screen Glasses | Anti Fatigue & Eyestrain | ONE Amber And Biotrue Hydration Boost PF Bottle: i do one drop each eye 2x a day and make sure to blink plenty and always keep my blue light filter glasses on all recommended by the Dr Eye Guy in this video thank you
Great video, as always :) I'm trying a lot but I still have persistent problems with "blurry vision" in my right eye. Even though I put drops in the eye it can't get "sharp" anymore. Do you have an idea what might be the issue here? Could the be microscopic damage? How can this be diagnosed? I would really appreciate your advice :)
Thanks for the update! So glad that there is so much research going on. Is there any new treatment/ medication for the complete loss of Meibomian glands (no inflammation involved)? Would that be the "Meibo" eyedrops?
Meibo is great to supplement the lipid layer of tears. As far as treatment to repair or regrow the Meibomian glands.... nothing concrete yet. Some reports of IPL working on some people. There are also treatments in the pipeline that have claims around that. So hopefully, in the near future. 🤞
🎉 Thank you for the informative video. As always. I agree with you, this video will be obsolete by next year. The changes that have come about since 2021, since I have been suffering are life-changing.
Thank you so much for your videos. I am using the autologous serum and it has been a game changer for me. :) I find it very frustrating that insurance companies, including medicare, don't recognize dry eyes as a coverable issue.
Dr. EyeGuy, one thing I was wondering about is medications that might cause dry eye. As we age, it seems we take more and more prescription medications for one thing or another. Can any of these cause dry eye?
I can confirm that. I had to use a (severe) medication for 7 years that destroyed my meibomian glands due to toxicity. So now I am entirely lacking the lipid component of my tears and thus suffer from dry eyes.
Yes, I'm glad you commented this. I have been wanting to make a video about this but trying to figure out how to approach it and cover everything in one video. There are medications or treatments that can cause dry eye.
Sorry to hear that. 😒 Dry Eyes is a battle a lot of people don't sign up for or don't even know it could happen when taking treatment for something else.
Yes, it is good. I briefly mentioned it in this video I did about eyelid wipes: ua-cam.com/video/TcnD4vXDGlU/v-deo.html A lot of doctors use it for in office treatment for blepharitis, eyelid inflammation, and dryer eyes.
Wish I would have had this knowledge before my annual exam on Friday lol. I have a prescription for Tyrvaya for 12 months and only got the one month with their website coupon for $10 but quit because it has similar ingredients to Wellbutrin and made me dizzy and feel weird like the week when I took Wellbutrin to quit smoking. Now I’m using a sonic personal care device to stimulate the trigeminal nerve and feel it works much better.
@@Alexey-xey , Go and visit eye Dr as soon as possible. If you get allergic conjunctivitis then use preservative free eye drop. Because you can get dry eyes , especially Mgd, the worst
Interesting that you need prescription for the Perfluorohexyloctane, (not the case here in Europe, under the name EvoTears and it costs ~12$ for 3ml). I've been using it on and off in the last year, mainly after I wake up because I sometimes don't properly close my eyes...
I have used Evotears and didn't like it that much, mainly because it is so thin that it always runs off your eyes when you use it. I can't imagine it's exactly the same consistency like "Miebo" in the US.
@@tiffanyTwisted. Their bottle absolutely sucks, I found it impossible to not drop too much of the liquid which then gets onto the skin, which is uncomfortable... I transferred it into a sterile syringe with blunt needle...
@@Gragagrogoghaha, good idea. I would be curious if that problem is the same with Miebo. However, I have better results with Hylo Night ointment or Thealipid (both European).
I use olive or coconut oil at night on my eyes. Olive oil can burn at first but coconut doesn't. I wash in the morning so don't have film. No pharmaceutical in eye.
I just got punctal plugs in both my eyes. Works great in my left eye, isn’t helping at all in my right eye. Even with Cequa drops, ivizia and Meibo. My right eye hurts and my opthamologist seems to be stuck on punctal plugs as a cure.😞
Dry eyes have caused 3 corneal ulcers over the years, twice needing hospitalisation with hourly drops for 48 hours it was hell. I now how permanent double vision which is really distorting and I have to close one eye to do anything - please look after your eye health and never leave any sore eye to get worse, prompt treatment is essential. I now have a walk in clearance at my local ED as my eyes get bad quick!
Prescriptions are great, but as you said…expensive. Insurance coverage takes a doctor who is willing to go to bat for you, and you have to have tried almost everything else with no luck.
Punctual plug ! I got on 2012, right eye just left the the place so lasted 3 months, so no big deal the left eye, stuck in canal since then, and be obstruction is so horrible, that ophthalmologist couldn’t help me it is so deep inside,
Hi there fellow US dry eyes sufferers. Just FYI: Over here in Europe i pay 8 Dollars for a monthly supply of Ikervis (identical to restasis) Have a nice day ;) PS; No, i am not cynical... your healthcare system is.
There is health insurance in the US and the European ones are troubled, too. Plus: Most of the stuff the Dr. spoke about is not even available in Europe. So, nothing cynical here.
@@DrEyeGuy Which one is that? Possibly "Evotears"? I have tried that one, it is not very convenient as the lipid always leaks out of your eyes when you apply it. It has a very thin consistency unlike your description of Meibo being thick and oily. It did not have great results on me.
Dr eye guy, i am from India suffering from mgd and severe dry eyes. There is no meibo drop, iziva drop, nulids,Ilux device in india 😢what if my lower meibography is 46 and 32 ,7 moths ago 23 march, 2023? I am not so rich to reach out to America for mgd
@@UmeshSharma-vi2gl , actually I got it because of ignoring Dr gunjan budhiraja's advice after C3R last year. I got allergy conjunctivitis after putting wrong eye drop intentionally because of the risk of infection. After suffering from Allergy for 5 months I end up with mgd. Mean my Presist dryness convert into evoparative dry eyes
@@UmeshSharma-vi2gl , I am thinking about satta to get that money for reaching out America. Presently my cornea got SPK and eye 7 hospital new delhi providing me treatment such as Cequa eye drop (after some days Cyclisis pf which I didn't take earlier for allergy) , hylosoft Pf eye drop, refresh liquagel, omega 3 triglycerides capsul, hot compress, scleral lens in right eye from Dr Neha sandhu. I have dryness in right eye only. Still burning sensation in lower eyelid inside part. My TBUT has been reached to almost 5 sec (
@@UmeshSharma-vi2gl , still 30-40% problem. Getting treatment such as Cequa eye drop, hylosoft Pf eye drop, night eye gel, evolve eye mask in microwave oven, Omega 3 triglycerides capsul for 3 months, scleral lens from eye 7 hospital new delhi from Dr Neha sandhu. 4 IPl Therepy done . Dr said there is important to stick with the treatment. Improvement is there but not significant
I have taken 7 times ipl from gunjan budhiraja madam from eye 7 but not much help after that i visit narayana netralaya and he said it seems you have sjogren sindrome and when i visit rheumatology doctor and test ana test my anti ssa and ro 52 positive an i have sjogren sindrome 😢 Now i am doing treatment in sjogren sindrome
Diet helped me tremendously!!
My severe dry eyes got better after changing diet to low carbs in about three months. Quit sugar, processed foods and refined carbohydrates. No longer pre diabetic.
Agreed. Same here. 👍
@@MyChilepepper I am going to try this!
To be honest prefer suicide instead to do what u mentioned
In essence, our food is killing us.
In future videos, can you cover the neuropathic part of dry eyes, in which you don t really have dry eyes, but you costantly feel them burning and feel them like they are dry when they arent?
Yes, in fact I have a video planned out for that. I'll see if I can put it near the top of the list and film it soon.
@@DrEyeGuy thanks
Great, promising information, I haven’t been able to get much relief from my dry eye or mites, not sure, my doctor seems to think everything looks good & doesn’t offer anything new at this time?
Extremely informative. Thank you.
You're welcome. Glad it was helpful. I was worried it was going to be too long and boring. 😁
We generally have good a healthcare system in Sweden where you basically have free healthcare for every condition. Except for dry eyes, which I have had for almost 10 years. It has cause other severe conditions like sleep deprivation and depression and the doctors here still just tell me "To get on with it" or "Use eyedrops". I am so happy that I've found these videos and they have been helping me alot. I only wish I could get these treatments and prescriptions where I live. Hopefully one day it will be the case.
People really underestimate how dry eyes can affect people's lives.
Hi Eye Guy 😎 nice video 📹 and workmanship those are some gooood stuff !!! I like the heat fat release IPL !!! DOES IT COME WITH ALL THE HOT FOOD PLACES !!! 🤔 😋 😊😮❤😅
Thanks for all you do.. this can be a debilitating condition with so many possible causes and treatments. I am going to try IPL.. do you have recommendations for the optimal settings of the machine? So many MD’s are behind the OD’s in their dry eye knowledge.
Any info re: ACTHAR gel injectable? At “end phase” dry eye, & dr suggested we try this next. Sounds a bit scary. Tried everything else you mentioned 😖😩☹
The failure of Medicare reimbursements has been extremely frustrating. Is anyone advocating for us?
Two things that helped so much right away are using the
Horus X ® • Gaming Glasses • Blue Light Blocking Computer Screen Glasses | Anti Fatigue & Eyestrain | ONE Amber
And
Biotrue Hydration Boost PF Bottle: i do one drop each eye 2x a day and make sure to blink plenty and always keep my blue light filter glasses on all recommended by the Dr Eye Guy in this video thank you
Thank you for sharing! Glad to hear those worked.
Great video, as always :) I'm trying a lot but I still have persistent problems with "blurry vision" in my right eye. Even though I put drops in the eye it can't get "sharp" anymore. Do you have an idea what might be the issue here? Could the be microscopic damage? How can this be diagnosed? I would really appreciate your advice :)
Thanks for the update! So glad that there is so much research going on.
Is there any new treatment/ medication for the complete loss of Meibomian glands (no inflammation involved)?
Would that be the "Meibo" eyedrops?
Meibo is great to supplement the lipid layer of tears. As far as treatment to repair or regrow the Meibomian glands.... nothing concrete yet. Some reports of IPL working on some people. There are also treatments in the pipeline that have claims around that. So hopefully, in the near future. 🤞
@@DrEyeGuy Thank you! IPL even when there is nothing left of the glands?
Comprehensive video.Thanks
🎉 Thank you for the informative video. As always. I agree with you, this video will be obsolete by next year. The changes that have come about since 2021, since I have been suffering are life-changing.
Thank you so much for your videos. I am using the autologous serum and it has been a game changer for me. :) I find it very frustrating that insurance companies, including medicare, don't recognize dry eyes as a coverable issue.
Dr. EyeGuy, one thing I was wondering about is medications that might cause dry eye. As we age, it seems we take more and more prescription medications for one thing or another. Can any of these cause dry eye?
I can confirm that. I had to use a (severe) medication for 7 years that destroyed my meibomian glands due to toxicity. So now I am entirely lacking the lipid component of my tears and thus suffer from dry eyes.
Yes, I'm glad you commented this. I have been wanting to make a video about this but trying to figure out how to approach it and cover everything in one video. There are medications or treatments that can cause dry eye.
Sorry to hear that. 😒 Dry Eyes is a battle a lot of people don't sign up for or don't even know it could happen when taking treatment for something else.
B1, D3 high doses, cut out sugar (and carbs which turn to sugar), castor oil, drink lots of water
Do you have any videos on suddenly experiencing double vision?
Have you heard of zest treatment? Is it any good ?
Yes, it is good. I briefly mentioned it in this video I did about eyelid wipes: ua-cam.com/video/TcnD4vXDGlU/v-deo.html
A lot of doctors use it for in office treatment for blepharitis, eyelid inflammation, and dryer eyes.
Wish I would have had this knowledge before my annual exam on Friday lol. I have a prescription for Tyrvaya for 12 months and only got the one month with their website coupon for $10 but quit because it has similar ingredients to Wellbutrin and made me dizzy and feel weird like the week when I took Wellbutrin to quit smoking. Now I’m using a sonic personal care device to stimulate the trigeminal nerve and feel it works much better.
Thanks for sharing! I actually tested out an electric toothbrush on myself as well, and it worked. I did a video about it a while back.
@@DrEyeGuy yep, that’s where I saw someone else’s hack so I tried it. I always learn a lot in the comments.
Hello Dr,
I mistakenly got chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% mouthwash into my eyes. What should do now
Please reply 😢😢😢
at least your eyes wont have periodontitis now
@@Alexey-xey , Go and visit eye Dr as soon as possible. If you get allergic conjunctivitis then use preservative free eye drop. Because you can get dry eyes , especially Mgd, the worst
@@Alexey-xey , get an eye doctor and use preservative free eye drop to not get Mgd
Interesting that you need prescription for the Perfluorohexyloctane, (not the case here in Europe, under the name EvoTears and it costs ~12$ for 3ml). I've been using it on and off in the last year, mainly after I wake up because I sometimes don't properly close my eyes...
I've actually had some patients that ordered some from there because they didn't want to pay the huge price tag for meibo.
I have used Evotears and didn't like it that much, mainly because it is so thin that it always runs off your eyes when you use it. I can't imagine it's exactly the same consistency like "Miebo" in the US.
@@tiffanyTwisted. Their bottle absolutely sucks, I found it impossible to not drop too much of the liquid which then gets onto the skin, which is uncomfortable... I transferred it into a sterile syringe with blunt needle...
@@Gragagrogoghaha, good idea. I would be curious if that problem is the same with Miebo. However, I have better results with Hylo Night ointment or Thealipid (both European).
I use olive or coconut oil at night on my eyes. Olive oil can burn at first but coconut doesn't. I wash in the morning so don't have film. No pharmaceutical in eye.
I have pseudo tumor ceribri and cannot use some of these meds because it affects my pressure. What could I use that will not affect this condition?
I just got punctal plugs in both my eyes. Works great in my left eye, isn’t helping at all in my right eye. Even with Cequa drops, ivizia and Meibo. My right eye hurts and my opthamologist seems to be stuck on punctal plugs as a cure.😞
@@TheCoca84 , get scleral lens
Dry eyes have caused 3 corneal ulcers over the years, twice needing hospitalisation with hourly drops for 48 hours it was hell. I now how permanent double vision which is really distorting and I have to close one eye to do anything - please look after your eye health and never leave any sore eye to get worse, prompt treatment is essential. I now have a walk in clearance at my local ED as my eyes get bad quick!
Wow, sorry to hear that. Thank you for spreading awareness though.
What about NAC eye drops for Blepharitis
is there any research to make new meibonian glands because that could be a way to solve a vast majority of these issues
Vitamin A (retinol) Deficiency has been linked to mal formed glands. It must be used with caution though.
Prescriptions are great, but as you said…expensive. Insurance coverage takes a doctor who is willing to go to bat for you, and you have to have tried almost everything else with no luck.
💯
@@DrEyeGuy my ophthalmologist fought for me to receive Tyrvaya and won!! I’m indebted to her, because it works for me.
I have very severe dry eye and corneal neuropathy… not fun at all
Punctual plug ! I got on 2012, right eye just left the the place so lasted 3 months, so no big deal the left eye, stuck in canal since then, and be obstruction is so horrible, that ophthalmologist couldn’t help me it is so deep inside,
Hi there fellow US dry eyes sufferers. Just FYI: Over here in Europe i pay 8 Dollars for a monthly supply of Ikervis (identical to restasis)
Have a nice day ;)
PS; No, i am not cynical... your healthcare system is.
There is health insurance in the US and the European ones are troubled, too. Plus: Most of the stuff the Dr. spoke about is not even available in Europe. So, nothing cynical here.
Same with Meibo... over the counter drop similar to Meibo is available there for much cheaper.
@@DrEyeGuy Which one is that? Possibly "Evotears"? I have tried that one, it is not very convenient as the lipid always leaks out of your eyes when you apply it. It has a very thin consistency unlike your description of Meibo being thick and oily. It did not have great results on me.
Dr eye guy, i am from India suffering from mgd and severe dry eyes. There is no meibo drop, iziva drop, nulids,Ilux device in india 😢what if my lower meibography is 46 and 32 ,7 moths ago 23 march, 2023? I am not so rich to reach out to America for mgd
Me too in same condition;how your dry eyes now what treatment you taking
@@UmeshSharma-vi2gl , actually I got it because of ignoring Dr gunjan budhiraja's advice after C3R last year. I got allergy conjunctivitis after putting wrong eye drop intentionally because of the risk of infection. After suffering from Allergy for 5 months I end up with mgd. Mean my Presist dryness convert into evoparative dry eyes
@@UmeshSharma-vi2gl , I am thinking about satta to get that money for reaching out America. Presently my cornea got SPK and eye 7 hospital new delhi providing me treatment such as Cequa eye drop (after some days Cyclisis pf which I didn't take earlier for allergy) , hylosoft Pf eye drop, refresh liquagel, omega 3 triglycerides capsul, hot compress, scleral lens in right eye from Dr Neha sandhu. I have dryness in right eye only. Still burning sensation in lower eyelid inside part. My TBUT has been reached to almost 5 sec (
@@UmeshSharma-vi2gl , still 30-40% problem. Getting treatment such as Cequa eye drop, hylosoft Pf eye drop, night eye gel, evolve eye mask in microwave oven, Omega 3 triglycerides capsul for 3 months, scleral lens from eye 7 hospital new delhi from Dr Neha sandhu. 4 IPl Therepy done . Dr said there is important to stick with the treatment. Improvement is there but not significant
I have taken 7 times ipl from gunjan budhiraja madam from eye 7 but not much help after that i visit narayana netralaya and he said it seems you have sjogren sindrome and when i visit rheumatology doctor and test ana test my anti ssa and ro 52 positive an i have sjogren sindrome 😢
Now i am doing treatment in sjogren sindrome
Why don’t we address the cause of inflammation? The medications you suggested seem to be “band-aids” as opposed to cures.