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I have been diagnoised with meibomianitis. My eyes don't crust over. They get itchy and fill like bugs on my eye lashes. I even get these little black things off of my eye lashes. Are these bugs? and how do I get rid of them? Inna

Submitted: 75 days and 12 hours ago.

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Gender: female
Age: 59

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warm wash rags. antibotic drops, washing eyes with wipes and baby soap. These little black bug things seem to jump around on my eye lashes and they sting. But can't see anything move. Late at night.

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Hi,
Your symptoms seem to be a little contrary to meibomitis. In meibomitis there is plugging of the microscopic meibomian glands at the margins of the eyelids, thus making the tear film unstable and causing dryness in the eye. The patient has irritation in the eye despite normal tear production. The treatment for this is not antibiotic eye drops, but lubricating eye drops, massage of the eyelids to open the ducts and if required oral doxycycline.
What you are describing seem more like blephritis i.e. inflammation at the base of the eyelashes. The symptoms are mostly crusting at the base of eye lashes with irritation/itching of eyes. There can be occasional redness also. The treatment for this is antibiotic eye ointment to be applied on the eyelid margins, washing with baby soaps, antibiotic and lubricating eye drops. Blephritis is seen mostly in patients with dandruff in the hair on the head. You need to treat the dandruff for completely curing the blephritis. Your symptoms are not getting relieved because you have not been prescribed any antibiotic eye ointment to be applied at the base of eye lashes.
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MBBS, MD (Ophthalomology)

75 days and 11 hours ago.

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I was given lotemax andFML S.O.P. oin allergan.I do not have any dandruff.And I have been doing all those things to my eyes. This has been going on 4 years now. I have been to 4 Dr. the last one was an eye dr. He prescribed these meds. But I still wake up at night with the scawling feeling and little black seed like things coming from my eyes.

Posted by Dr. PG 75 days and 11 hours ago.

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Have you been able to capture the balc seed like things to get them examined?

75 days and 10 hours ago.

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I took them to my eye dr. He put them under the microscope. He said he couldn,t tell anything from them. They feel like they are biting me. When I feel a sting, there is a black seed like thing there. It wakes me up every morning about 2 am. Kinda looks like a poppy seed but smaller.

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Thanks for the information.
Your symptoms seem a little unusual. Usually live worms are not present on the eyelids or eyelashes. Your symptoms can be present due to the blephritis or infection at the eyelash base. I would advise you to consult use the prescribed antibiotic ointment before going to sleep to help your symptoms.
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MBBS, MD (Ophthalomology)

74 days and 6 hours ago.

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Thank You.

Posted by Dr. PG 73 days and 21 hours ago.

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You are most welcome. I am glad to be of help.
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I have been diagnoised with meibomianitis. My eyes don't crust over. They get itchy and fill like bugs on my eye lashes. I even get these little black things off of my eye lashes. Are these bugs? and how do I get rid of them? Inna

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Gender: femaleAge: 59 Already Tried: warm wash rags. antibotic drops, washing eyes with wipes and baby soap. These little black bug things seem to jump around on my eye lashes and they sting. But can't see anything move. Late at night.

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Have you been able to capture the balc seed like things to get them examined?

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I took them to my eye dr. He put them under the microscope. He said he couldn,t tell anything from them. They feel like they are biting me. When I feel a sting, there is a black seed like thing there. It wakes me up every morning about 2 am. Kinda looks like a poppy seed but smaller.

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Thank You.

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You are most welcome. I am glad to be of help. Regards

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Gender: female
Age: 59

Already Tried:
warm wash rags. antibotic drops, washing eyes with wipes and baby soap. These little black bug things seem to jump around on my eye lashes and they sting. But can't see anything move. Late at night.

You are most welcome. I am glad to be of help.
Regards