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Crusted & Red Eye,chain Smoker,addiction To Fag Regularly.Any Help?

Hi, I am a heavy marijuana smoker and this has never happened before but recently I go to bed and wake up with extremely itchy eyes they are still extremely red and crusted shut. The other night I smoked so much that it looked like my eyes were practically bleeding. When I woke up in the morning the one eye was completely crusted over and I legitimately had to use my hands to open my eye and when I did it ripped my eyelashes. I am incredibly confused because I have been smoking for about 4 years now and this has never happened until recently. What may be the cause of this?
Mon, 4 Nov 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
The illness you are having is conjunctivitis. Its not related to your cannabis smoking. Its an infection of conjunctiva. Take some antibiotic eye drops like oofloxacin or ciprofloxacin for 3-4 days and try to keep the eye clean. Avoid touching others as the infection is contagious.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy

Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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Crusted & Red Eye,chain Smoker,addiction To Fag Regularly.Any Help?

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. The illness you are having is conjunctivitis. Its not related to your cannabis smoking. Its an infection of conjunctiva. Take some antibiotic eye drops like oofloxacin or ciprofloxacin for 3-4 days and try to keep the eye clean. Avoid touching others as the infection is contagious. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.