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Burning Eyes â?? Causes of Burning Eyes

Burning eyes affects about 30% of reading glasses wearers at one time or another. It is the commonest symptom of dry eyes. Most just suffer in silence, but there are simple steps that can be taken to help the condition.

Eye burning with discharge is burning, itching, or drainage from the eye of any substance other than tears. Lots of different things can make your eyes burn. Smoke, pollen, or a viral infection such as a cold or the flu can cause eyes to itch, burn, water, and redden. In these cases the burning and itching usually go away when the irritant is removed.

Sometimes burning and itching eyes are due to environmental pollutants that might be eliminated by social action. If secondhand cigarette smoke is annoying, say so. If an industrial plant in the area is polluting, contact the EPA for solutions.

Unprotected eyes can also be burned by the ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun, tanning lamps or arc welding equipment. Like sunburns to the skin, you won’t feel pain until hours later, when the eyes and the area around them swell. Near-UV rays can damage your retina. The risk of sunburn to the eyes is very high when sunlight is reflected off water, sand or snow.

Causes of Burning eyes

Chronic dry or burning eyes can be caused by age, some medications, and disease. Itchy, burning eyelids can also result from infection.

Tears bathe the eye, washing out dust and debris and keeping the eye moist. They also contain enzymes that neutralize the microorganisms that colonize the eye. Tears are essential for good eye health.

Allergy is caused by an oversensitive immune system, which leads to a misdirected immune response. The immune system normally protects the body against harmful substances, such as bacteria and viruses. It reacts to substances (allergens) that are generally harmless and in most people do not cause a problem.

Sometimes burning and itching eyes are due to environmental pollutants that might be eliminated by social action. If secondhand cigarette smoke is annoying, say so. If an industrial plant in the area is polluting, contact the EPA for solutions.

Pink eye or viral conjunctivitis causes a red or bloodshot eye and excessive tearing. If you suspect pink eye, remember to wash your hands often, and avoid touching the unaffected eye. The infection will run its course in about 10 days.

During the normal aging process, our bodies and our eyes produce gradually less and less oil. This reduction in oil in the tear film results in quicker evaporation leading to the formation of dry spots on our eyes.

Treatment for Burning eyes

Artificial tears used four-to-six times a day can also relieve symptoms. Avoid over-the-counter eyedrops other than artificial tears because they will eventually make symptoms worse.

Antihistamines in the form of eye-drops or ointments may be prescribed. Cortisone-like eye ointments are not often prescribed. These medications will reduce many types of inflammation, but can make certain infections, such as herpes, worse.

Conserving the tears in your own eyes is another approach to keeping the eyes moist. Tears drain out of the eye through a small canal into the nose (that is why your nose runs when you cry). Your ophthalmologist may close these canals either temporarily or permanently. This closure conserves your own tears and makes artificial tears last longer.

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What can I put in my cats eye? Its swollen and looks like a blister on the inner top eyelid!!?

My poor baby kitten has an eye irritation. He went out to play for half and hour and came in with a puffy eye. He is constantly rubbing it with his paw. I looked at it, and there is like a blister on the inner top eyelid. Is there something I can put in it? Are human allergy eyedrops an option? It is really bothering the poor fella. Please help!!
Excuse me…all I wanted was advice. I am NOT an idiot. My VERY responsible daughter was watching him outside and he was playing with his brother cat in the bush. We do NOT leave him unattended. I was not born yesterday. Thank you to all the people that gave GOOD advice and was not finding it ness. to be a smart butt.

Keep a close eye on him. Most likely he will need to go to the vet, they will also do a phisical exam on him and check for any internal paracites if you ask, up here the phisical exam’s cost around fifteen dollars without being checked for worms. The vet may need to lance the blister but will probaly give you eyedrops for him with cortisone in it. Thats what my vet did when my hybrid cat was haveing very bad allergies. and if he got into poison ivy he may have gotten some in his eye, if you notice a white line at the inner bottom corners of his eyes that is the third eyelid and he will need to have eyedrops, try to get the drops and not paste, much easyer to apply in cats.Depending on your vet such trips are not usualy expencive, and in all truthfullness its best to get it fixed as soon as possible to keep more serious things from happening. it could be just a irritation, or something more serious like an infected cut. you never know so i reccoment close watch and withen a day or two take him to get a check up.

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