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Clear,Long,Stringy Goo in Eye Constantly

Hi, I am 31 and as long as I can remember I have had problems with my eyes. Througout the day I have to wash out eyes, out my fingers in eye to remove the stuff- I know this can't be good but it happens so often I have to. It is clear, and runs in the bottom of eye, on eye, top of inside eye, long stringy goo. I can lightly wet a cutip- put in inside corner of eye and spin. The stuff goes from top to bottom. It is such an irritant. What could this be- I went to dr before and they said it was allergies. All the time I dont think so. I have really long eyelashes could that have something to do with it. I cant even wear makeup because it makes much more stuff in eye. Please any advice will help.
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Oh i didnt realise it was mucus.  I've had really bad ezcema on my face and horrible dry eye lids so was using a lot of moisurizer.  I thought the stringy stuff was moisturizer and some days i'll pull out loads of it.  The ezcema has been much better lately and I haven't 'fished' for months.  But the mucus has been back the last few days.  

Its total BS to say this is called fishing syndrome.  If there wasnt anything irrating the eye nobody would stick their fingers in there !!  When my ezcema was really bad people used to say i should see a hypnotherapist to stop scratching all the time.  That was BS aswell.  I needed to eat properly and the itching would disappear with the ezcema.  This is the same.  Stop the mucus and the 'fishing' will stop.  Bloody doctors are a waste a space. Anyway thats another story.

So how to stop the mucus, that's the problem.

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Couldn't agree with you more! In fact my eye doctor diagnosed me with blepharitis and dry eye syndrome which is the cause for the mucus. Not EFS (eye fishing syndrome) obviously there is a reason that mucus forms in your eyes, you don't stick your fingers in your eyes for no reason at all then it causes mucus. My eye doctor said that the eye doctors on these sites that use the excuse BS eye fish syndrome are ones that are lazy and don't take the time out to do testing such as the tear test which helps in identifying if you have dry eyes or a skin condition that causes dry eyes.  My doctor says if your tear film is inadequate then your eyes generate mucus to protect the eyes since the tears are not enough to do so. You have to fix the problem at hand in order for the mucus to stop. Would love for some of these eye docs to have this condition themselves then they would stop with this EFS diagnosis on anyone and everyone that say they have mucus in their eyes. Unless you have this horrible condition you can't possibly identify with it. Science has come along way and doctors need to stop using their text book basics from the 1930's.
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I have the same thing and have been diagnosed with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction...which is most likely what is causing all the stringy stuff in my eyes since there is an imbalance of oil and tears in  my eyes.  I was also diagnosed with a Pterygium which is a bump on the eye.  You could have a Pterygium (pink bump on conjunctiva) or it could just be starting out and be a Pinguecula (yellow bump on the conjunctiva).  I would talk to your eye doctor about it.  Not your regular eye doctor, but a specialist.  You would most likely benefit from taking Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion eye drops or taking a round of an antibiotic for MGD called Doxycycline.
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Help I have been getting , hard lumps on my eye , my eye has been watering and I have had stringy stuf in my eye And it goes on my pupil and I get it put and it has been irritating me also the pink bit of my eye is now completely red my right eye is always watering and my left eye always has the stringy stuff on it help me pls xx
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Not the kind of problem you can handle on the internet. You need to see an Eye MD ophthalmologist or non MD optometrist. You might have blepharitis, conjunctivitis, styes or chalazia.
I have the same thing and have been diagnosed with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction...which is most likely what is causing all the stringy stuff in my eyes since there is an imbalance of oil and tears in  my eyes.  I was also diagnosed with a Pterygium which is a bump on the eye.  You could have a Pterygium (pink bump on conjunctiva) or it could just be starting out and be a Pinguecula (yellow bump on the conjunctiva).  I would talk to your eye doctor about it.  Not your regular eye doctor, but a specialist.  You would most likely benefit from taking Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion eye drops or taking a round of an antibiotic for MGD called Doxycycline.
Thank you for sharing your eye history.  MGD is a type of blepharitis.  A pterygiulm is abnormal tissue that grows from the conjunctiva onto the cornea.  A pinguecula is a bump yellow, white or pink on the conjunctiva but not on the cornea. Both are often due to sun damage.  Cyclosporine eye drops ;(restasis) is for moderate or severe dry eyes not responding to less drastic treatment and/or requiring artificial tears 4 or more times/day without relief.  It is 2/day for the rest of a person’s life and takes 4-6 months to start to work so its only for the most severe cases.  A new medicated eyelid cleaner Avenova has worked extremely well for blepharitis and MGD.
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Hi my wife has these long stringy things in her eyes,  and well today I convinced her to tie it around a piece of trash and throw it out the window well she did and now that we are home she still feels pulling and no matter what we can't cut, burn,  apply any stuff to dissolve it is not working and is still pulling help asap what should we do
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