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Hi there. I have the dry eyes and mouth(sjogrens) but have not had any ulcer like sores on my eyelids.Do you use eye drops or maybe even put the gel on at bedtime. It might help. hugs and maybe someone else has more answers for you. marilyn

Hi Atalyas

I have very dry eyes (sjogrens) and I've also had blepherides (spelling?) which is an inflamation of the eyelid. It causes redness and discomfort. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about. But you should probably go to the eye doctor and get his opinion, especially if they keep coming back again and again. Sorry I coudln't be more helpful. Hope you find your answer.

Dale

I too have very dry eyes. Will be seeing the eye doc again in the fall. My Rheumy thinks Sjogrens. I use eye drops and was told to do warmr compresses over the eyes several times a day.
Take Care!

I have days where my eyes puff out so badly. It looks like i have been punched. takes 4 days to go. I hope your eyes get better.

Ann x

thanks to all of you, its nice to hear from people who can understand what im going through, i use lacri lube gel on my eyes before i go to bed, that helps with the dry eyes bit its the ulcers that are giving me trouble i have took your advice and made an app with my doc to see if theres nething they can do. hope yoy guys are having a good day, and thanks again i really appreciate the people on ds!!!

I suffer from dry eyes (sjogrens) just diagnosed. Don't do anything for it, don't know what to do, my dr gave me no information and neither did my eye dr. I am researching and finding new things on here. I hope it gets better for you, I would be checked for sjogrens.

feel better,
hugs,
paige

They are most likely the beginnings of a stye. My eye doc (sorry tmi)found one in my eye and popped it. If you get an appointment they will look at it and tell you what it is, maybe get rid of them for you. Thats really the only way to know for sure.

What you can do for dry eyes, is take something warm like a wash rag and hold it over your eye for a few minutes.. then massage the lower eyelid for about 5 min each. This opens everything up and helps re lubricate the eyes. I got lid scrub eye lid cleanser, Optive Lubricant eye drops, and regular eye drops without lubricant. The eye drops with lubricant seem to make my eyes feel sticky if I use it too much. So thats what they started me out with but I go back in about 3 months.

thanks for your advice alison, but they are definately not sty,s,they come up about once every few months and stay for a week or two one comes up then goes away then it will come up on a different area on my eyelid and so on

If they are ulcers they need to be treated. I believe they can give you steroid drops and antibiotics. So they will be able to help you feel better.

I have dry eyes & eye doctor said i have alot of inflammation in them so he put me on steroid eye drops, they helped alot!! However, i could only use them for so long & then he put me on Restasis it is working better then OTC & not as well as the steroid drops.
Deb