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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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What solved the problem for me was getting tear duct plugs. It was an immediate solution
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Glad to hear and often a solution for "aquieous deficient" type of dry eye.
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I have had the same issues with my eyes for months now period I was told also that it was allergies. Antibiotic eye drops and over-the-counter eye drops have not helped. I too God the red swollen eyes from constantly trying to fish out the invisible goo. What really helps me is I take a black liquid eyeliner and dab it on the bottom of my eye tissue and then invisible goo turns black and I can gently scrape it away. Any time my eyes start bothering me that's what I do and it's all better. Hope this little trick helps someone else.
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Hon...using eyeliner, or any eyemakeup while you have this, is only prolonging your infection, or reaction. Fishing it out of your eye is doing the same thing.
Im a woman, i love makeup, believe me i feel your pain, but you MUST MUST MUST THROW AWAY ANY EYE MAKE-UP- ESPECIALLY LINER AND MASCARA- you have used on or during this eye goop problem.
It only exacerbates the problem.
I have the same issue, thats why im here on this post, but using eye makeup even once after youve infected it by using on your eye is only constantly reinfecting your eyes.
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Read This Immediately!!!!! Hello, my name is Robert S. White, I am 48 years old and I am writing this message to anyone with stringy mucous eyes issues. I fought this battle for a little over 4 years and just thought that this was going to be a part of my life forever. I had gone to so many doctors and all of them kept feeding a line of CRAP, because they had no idea. They just kept saying things like If you keep your fingers out of your eyes it will go away (Eye Fishing Syndrome)…………………..Bullcrap! I wouldn’t have put my fingers in my eyes if there was nothing there! I know you want the answer like right now, but I want to explain what happened, I swear I have nothing to sell or push by the way, this is only information and hopefully something that will help if you suffer from this horrible affliction. So, about 3 months ago, I decided to go to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL., I explained everything to the doctor and he was the only one that told me that I was having an allergic reaction and that I was probably going to have to figure this out myself because the cost of being tested for everything on the planet was just not feasible. So, 3 weeks ago (Today is the 17th of April, 2017)I went on vacation to Universal Studios with my brother and I noticed the day after I arrived that my eyesight improved slightly and wasn’t as irritated as normal, I didn’t think too much about it until the next day when they were even better. After the 4th day, my eyesight was great and I was elated as much the stringy eye goo had dissipated. So, I finished the vacation and got back home and within 2 hours of getting home my eyes were on the fritz, so, I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was different and the only thing that I could come up with was that I remembered that I had forgotten my cologne when I went to Orlando. As an experiment I did not use my cologne (Curve), the next day. What do you know, my eyes got better, after 3 or 4 days my stringy eye goo had slowed tremendously. After a couple of weeks I had expected it to go away completely but I still had some going on, so, I decided to do a little more digging (Pun intended) and started to do research on the ingredients in the Curve cologne, it turns out that there are lots of chemicals in the cologne, one in particular, Propylene Glycol (PPG), seemed to be affecting many other people as well, I got to looking at my other products in my cabinet that I use and what do you know, my hair gel (L.A. Looks), my underarm deodorant (Degree), and many other products that I use have this chemical in it. I have since stopped using any products that have PPG in it which unfortunately makes my life more complicated because these products that do not have PPG’s is more expensive. So, to put all of this in a nutshell, I do not know if this is your problem, but like me it may turn out that you are having an allergic reaction to some product that you are using and it just may be the PPG additive in these products. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I truly hope this will help someone else and may solve your eye mystery. P.S. When I stopped using products with the PPG I also had some other added benefits that I didn’t even know were going to happen, I had a strange rash on my chest that went away (Right where I was spraying the cologne), my joints feel so much better (I was told because I had inflammation from my body trying to fight PPG in my body), I also had excruciating pain in my feet (Also because of the inflammation), if I have helped a single person it will make me feel so happy, Have a nice day.
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Read This Immediately!!!!! Hello, my name is Robert S. White, I am 48 years old and I am writing this message to anyone with stringy mucous eyes issues. I fought this battle for a little over 4 years and just thought that this was going to be a part of my life forever. I had gone to so many doctors and all of them kept feeding a line of CRAP, because they had no idea. They just kept saying things like If you keep your fingers out of your eyes it will go away (Eye Fishing Syndrome)…………………..********! I wouldn’t have put my fingers in my eyes if there was nothing there! I know you want the answer like right now, but I want to explain what happened, I swear I have nothing to sell or push by the way, this is only information and hopefully something that will help if you suffer from this horrible affliction. So, about 3 months ago, I decided to go to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL., I explained everything to the doctor and he was the only one that told me that I was having an allergic reaction and that I was probably going to have to figure this out myself because the cost of being tested for everything on the planet was just not feasible. So, 3 weeks ago (Today is the 17th of April, 2017)I went on vacation to Universal Studios with my brother and I noticed the day after I arrived that my eyesight improved slightly and wasn’t as irritated as normal, I didn’t think too much about it until the next day when they were even better. After the 4th day, my eyesight was great and I was elated as much the stringy eye goo had dissipated. So, I finished the vacation and got back home and within 2 hours of getting home my eyes were on the fritz, so, I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was different and the only thing that I could come up with was that I remembered that I had forgotten my cologne when I went to Orlando. As an experiment I did not use my cologne (Curve), the next day. What do you know, my eyes got better, after 3 or 4 days my stringy eye goo had slowed tremendously. After a couple of weeks I had expected it to go away completely but I still had some going on, so, I decided to do a little more digging (Pun intended) and started to do research on the ingredients in the Curve cologne, it turns out that there are lots of chemicals in the cologne, one in particular, Propylene Glycol (PPG), seemed to be affecting many other people as well, I got to looking at my other products in my cabinet that I use and what do you know, my hair gel (L.A. Looks), my underarm deodorant (Degree), and many other products that I use have this chemical in it. I have since stopped using any products that have PPG in it which unfortunately makes my life more complicated because these products that do not have PPG’s is more expensive. So, to put all of this in a nutshell, I do not know if this is your problem, but like me it may turn out that you are having an allergic reaction to some product that you are using and it just may be the PPG additive in these products. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I truly hope this will help someone else and may solve your eye mystery. P.S. When I stopped using products with the PPG I also had some other added benefits that I didn’t even know were going to happen, I had a strange rash on my chest that went away (Right where I was spraying the cologne), my joints feel so much better (I was told because I had inflammation from my body trying to fight PPG in my body), I also had excruciating pain in my feet (Also because of the inflammation), if I have helped a single person it will make me feel so happy, Have a nice day.    
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I've  had this problem since like forever and I'm m 58. I've been told it's allergies as well as my sinuses. After all these years of suffering headaches ang gagging when brushing my teeth(and yes I know we're talking about strings in eyes)they decided to put a tube in my left ear. Sinuses so bad it stopped my hearing. Since tube, when sinuses act up-string starts in eye, mucus saturates cotton in ear and need antibiotics for ear. But better. Go figure
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Last try... Tried to post THREE times!!! I can't type it again.... I apologize... PLEASE look up DEMODEX and MYCOTOXINS. Just Google the MYCOTOXINS with inflammation or eyes.
Especially the MYCOTOXINS since you mentioned other health issues. My story is LONG and continues. Good luck!
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Oh seriously...Saw the last one (2nd) went thru. My diagnosis of Mycotoxicosis didn't come until this past November.

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This posting problem drives everyone nuts and I've told the webmaster at Medhelp.org about it. Someone types in an entry then clicks on comment or answer button and nothing appears. You have to post a second time before it appears. Most people don't know this and they either leave angry or retype then it appears twice. I've told MedHelp.org about it they just don't seem to be able to fix it. Another problem is symbols appearing in words especially where hyphens should be  such as can$*@t for can't
Why is it that when I post a comment on here it never appears once I log in to this site? I click on post comment and it just disappears
I have never heard of anything so stupid. I just wrote up a five paragraph comment in hopes to help people concerning this eye condition spending about 20 minutes doing so only to be told "well everything you wrote is gonna disappear on your first try, but go ahead and use up 20 more minutes of your day reposting because there is a problem with the website that STILL hasn't been fixed. OMG, Really??
I agree Sennfull, totally ridiculous. I wrote up something that I know would help others on here, but I will not use more time up in my day because they have yet to correct this issue.
If you press on comment and it "disappears" just type in any letter and make a second comment. Either your first comment will appear out of the ether or both will appear. Medhelp.org appears unable to fix this as I have told them this many times and also about symbols appearing in text instead of apostrophe.  Go back and enter another single letter post after your disappeared one and it will appear out of nothing
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