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Suggest Treatment For Symptoms Of Computer Vision Syndrome

Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2016

Question: i have itching and falling of eye lashes so i consulted a opthalmologist ,he said that i have dandruff on eye lashes and itching on my eyes ,he gave me systan eye lid vipes also lotepred after 3 weeks i consulted the doctor again as he said to come back at that time i have small pain in my eyes and he gave me refresh tears eye drop ,by using that the pain had gone completely ,the optalmologist said to use refresh tears eye drop for one month and systane eye lid for 3 month once a week, after one month i stopped using refresh tears ,after 5 days w hen i am using computer over night i experienced pain in my right eyes ,so i consulted doctor (optalmologist) again , he said it is due to computer use small reduction in tears(as i use computer 12 hrs a day at home) so he said to use refresh tears ,after 10 days i again consulted the otalmologist he said that tears production is good and there is no other problems with my eyes also my vision is good during refraction test i can read all things but i have itching in my eye lashes

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Computer vision syndrome

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
Lack of movement of eyes during computer work and less blinking leads to dryness,called as Computer vision syndrome..Along with the medication advised,have 5 minutes break every half hour and have eye movement during the break.
Use drops for sometime so that the problem is relieved and follow the eye movement practice and you will be fine.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (9 hours later)

doctor i have dandruff on eye lashes
my doctor(opthalmologist) said that dandruff can also cause dryness
i have more itching on my right eye lash than the left
so if dandruff goes the tear production will become normal or not

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Squamous blepheritis

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
good of you to get back to me.
This is squamous blepharitis which will need steroid eye ointment application daily at bed time for about 2 weeks.dryness will need lubricant drops. Once blepharitisis treated it will help watering as well.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng

Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (5 hours later)

is this curable
will my eyes come back to health state as earlier
will systane lid vipes cure blephritis
if blephritis is cured then tears production will be restored or not

now doctor(optalmologist) has prescribed me systane lid vipes,pataday eye drop and refresh tears

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Squamous blepharitis

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
My personal feeling is that a lid margin problem is to be tackled with primarily lid margin application of medication.Eye drops do not effect the lid margin and they are effective only on the eyeball.You will be having good improvement in one week and almost cured in 2 weeks.We get such patients in a large numbers and all of them respond well to treatment.
watering due to computers is a different matter and first these scales on eyelashes are to be managed.Also you have to manage dandruff in scalp also with anti dandruff shampoo.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar

Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (28 minutes later)

doctor i also visited dermatologist and she gave me ketobar shampoo and rexizol b lotion
she said me to use the shampoo twice a week for 6 months and after that once a week for the dandruff on my scalp
now i used the shampoo for 45 days and dandruff on the scalp is reduced now

for dandruff on my eye lashes i am using systane lid wipes daily

so by all these my tear production will be restored as earlier or not

for the past 1 year i used computer more times every day and i do not have any problem at that time

problem appeared 6 months after the itching on eyelashes started

so if blepharitis is cured my tear production will be restored as earlier or not

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Squamous blepharitis.

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Good of you to get back to me.
In a small number of cases there is recurrence,which again responds well to treatment.You will also regain your normal tear level.Continue with the treatment and you will become fine.Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad