My eyes water terribly whenever a cold breeze hits them. How do I stop that?
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January 25th, 2010
It seems to be part of aging. Rheumy eyed old man syndrome, I suppose. It started in my 50s and has slowly gotten worse. Now, if it’s really cold out, and there is any breeze, my eyes water so bad it’s hard to see through all the tears. More wind, more water.
I have a pair of wrap-around dark glasses and a clear pair of safety glasses for night use. When it’s really cold and windy, nothing but a pai of ski goggles will do. Is there any simple treatment to deal with it, or is eye protection the only solution?
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“If your eyes water primarily when you are in wind or cold or when your eyes are irritated, I would suspect dry eyes as the cause. This can be helped by actually blocking the tear drainage system to keep more tears in your eyes.
I recommend you see an eye doctor who is familiar with lacrimology and can test you for these two problems, along with considering other factors such as your lids and how their shapes interact with your eyes. — Dr. Dubow”
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Have the same problem. I now require prescription goggles to ride my motorcycle, to get the wind out of my eyes. I should have an eye doctor check that out as @marinelife suggested.
shoot. I have this same problem and i am 20.
Mine do this, too, @efritz, and I’m 23! I’ve never thought that I had dry eyes, but, uh… maybe I do??
@BoBo1946 That link isn’t working the content has apparently been removed, or is not accessable.
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Gee, I had no idea this was such a common problem My sympathies to those of you wha are already experiencing it while young. I sure hope it doesn’t get increasingly worse with age, or that the doctor suggestion pans out.
@YARNLADY got’cha…there was a question on here about “pet peeves,” and that would be one of mine. Thank you for telling me…will do some more work on this quesion!
ok, no link this time E…cut and pasted this…pretty good!
Although some people suffer from dry eyes as they grow older, others suffer from the opposite problem — watery eyes. It may seem counterintuitive, but often this problem develops because of dry eye syndrome: Because dry eyes are uncomfortable, the eyes reflexively produce more tears. At other times, watery eyes are the result of tear drainage problems. Normally tears drain from the surface of your eyes, flow under the eyelids, and pass down into the nasal passages. But if this drainage system becomes obstructed for some reason, tears build up in the eyes until they spill over the lids. At other times, watery eyes develop as a complication of an eyelid problem or because of an infection. Your doctor diagnoses the cause of watery eyes by examining your eyes and conducting medical tests to determine why the problem has developed. Analyzing tear samples reveals whether an infection is to blame, for example. Or the doctor may perform a Schirmer’s test to gauge tear production. Another test involves irrigation of the lacrimal drainage system, to determine whether tear drainage is normal, and if not, where the blockage is occurring. Treatment for watery eyes depends on the cause.
@BoBo1946 Thanks for taking the trouble to get tha info the link failed to connect to. Much appreciated. Looks like the bottom line is an Eye Doctor might be able to help.
Hey E, i’ve floaters and flashers…drive me nuts! They come and go…the doctor told me it was part of aging…loll..an answer for all my problems!!!
@BoBo1946 Got those too. There are some (many) parts of aging I could definitely do iwthout. :-)
@ETpro LOLL…ditto, ditto, and a ditto!
I’ve had this problem for 40 yrs. and have found that the ONLY thing that prevents it is wearing my contact lenses instead of my glasses. The contacts also prevent my eyes tearing up when I cut onions.
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