Eye Allergy

[limewave]

Okay, so after two days of symptom relief it came back strong. ugh. Another doctor told me to use Aquaphor. That seemed to alleviate the symptoms, but again, that only lasted for a day or so.

SO, I just went to my naturopath doctor. She gave it a good look over. She is confident its a yeast infection, not allergies. She said she can actually see the yeast.
Treatment: A small variety of oral supplements to help kill the yeast, no dairy or added sugar, use teatree oil hair and facial products. Put coconut oil on eyelids at night before bed.
We will see if this works!

[Sky King]

wow, interesting, keep us posted. just hope you aren't allergic to coconut - like me

I am extremely allergic to Sagebrush and rag weed, both of which are in full bloom. I gave up years ago and do use nasonex - 2 x's a day through the month of Sept until the first hard frost. I also take a really old drug - rynatan - dirt cheap generic. Between the two I can now actually enjoy fall. I figure I am not on the steroid for that long so am willing to do it.

[OakLeaf]

In the past I've had good luck treating fungus infections with topical probiotics. If you're allergic to milk you probably don't want to use dairy yogurt, but maybe some unsweetened non-dairy yogurt or just open up a probiotic pill and suspend the powder in water to apply?

Good luck, anyway, that sounds miserable.

[limewave]

So. . . . treating this as directed is not working. It is getting a LOT worse: spread from my eyelids to circling my eye and is now creeping down my face. I'm going to the urgent care center first thing in the morning. Starting to get headaches from this . . .

[zoom-zoom]

Yikes, I hope you can finally get a diagnosis and treatment. And I really hope whatever it is is benign.

[limewave]

My "diagnosis" this weekend was Edema. Which is pretty vague. As far as I can tell it means swelling. He prescribed Steroids. Ugh. Not happy . . . I think I may just have to threaten my doctor so I can get a referral to see a dermatologist. I hate the politics of medical insurance.

[OakLeaf]

That doesn't even make sense. I wonder if on top of everything else you've got a typo/handwriting recognition problem, and what he meant was eczema (which is what it sounds like).

This sounds awful. Hope you get it sorted very soon.