eye goo

[flea]

hey everyone,

pretty much since i started being 100% raw ive been having problems with my eyes - i.e. you know when you wake up in the morning you sometimes have sleep on the inner corner of ur eyes? i HEAPS of that now, and i also have this like, goo, in my eyes that i have to take out...kind of like sleep but not yellow just clearish white, on the inside of my eyes...and ive also been geting what look like sties - but theyre not sties (you just put a hot cotton wool bud on them coujple of times and they go away) on my eyelid rim on top and bottom - on both eyes - and ive never had them beforfe in my life. my optometrist said i have dense eyelashes so its the sweat glands getting clogged and not being able to secrete properly - but why would it all of a sudden start now when ive never had it before in my life? i think my body is obviously trying to tell me something but i dont know what!

could it be a detox symptom? ive been 100% raw for about 5/6 months?

any advice appreciated!

[Tsurugi_Oni]

I've been gettin that exact same symptom too! It's weird waking up in the morning with extreme eye crust swamping your eyelashes and eye area.

[rawrawks]

Hmmmmm I would guess....raw cleans the sludge out.

[margoss]

It could be a detox. When the glands around the lash line get clogged with oils, the bumps will appear. It's good to do hot compresses for 15 minutes in the am and b4 you go to bed..as hot as you can stand it. Then, take a q-tip & a non-tearing shampoo ( not sure if castile is like this)..gently wash the lash lines, rinse & clean well. As the glands secrete the oil, it can get worse until it heals. Maybe you had heavily clogged glands b4...I worked in Ophthalmology for 15yrs & use to have clean lids allll of the time.

[Vegansara]

Rad, thanks for posting, I was having this too when I first started. Good to know that I am not alone!

[flea]

vegansara, oh so it stopped for you after a while of being raw?

for me its extra sleep, and also throughout the day, and then yeah the oil glands on the lids turning into little bumps that i have to rub away with hot q tips, and then also having general whiteish transparent stuff in my eyes that i have to clean out - ive also noticed, i dont know if its related, that the outer ring of my eye has gotten darker, and its now not even - i.e. not a perfect circle thats the same in thickness - if that makes sense? like the outer section of my eye, on the side which is the edge of my face, is thick, and then it thins when it comes to the inside of my eye - does anyone know what that means?

[Tretgirl]

What worked for me for a gooey eye was Bragg's apple cider vinegar with the mother diluted with distilled water. Just add enough vinegar to tint the water. Either use an eyedropper or put some on a cotten ball and rinse your eye. It will burn, burn, burn but after about 3 days your goo should go away. It did for me anyway.
Hope this helps.