Guest guest Posted July 30, 2003 Report Share Posted July 30, 2003 Can some one explain the purpose of the plugs in the eyes? i just never quite understood how plugging them can help with dry eyes so I guess I must be missing something. I want to add that I chose to take my IUD out too when I got ill just to be safe I wanted nothing in me that could have been causing me problems. I had the IUD for years and not a problem, but when I got sick I just decided it was time to remove everything. hugs wrote: > I'm thinking along the same lines as you on this. I don't know if > they're helping, because soon after they put them in they also put > me on these drops called Restasis. My eyes are often red and I can't > wear contact lenses due to the dry eye. Maddening. > > > > > > > Lena, > > Even a tiny amount may cause you problems, in my humble opinion. > Once you are reacting to something, it doesn't take much to trigger > immune responses. Think about a tiny bee sting, or a sliver, I'm > sure those plugs are bigger than that. I don't want to scare you, > but just remember how cavalier these doctors can be about " little > bits of this and little bits of that can't hurt you. " > > > > Uh-huh. > > > > I'd rather err on the side of caution. Are the plugs really > helping you? > > > > My mother in law has those silicone tear duct plugs and her eyes > are always red-rimmed and look irritated. I can't help but blame > the silicone. Yes, call me biased, but for good reason! > > Patty > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: lena_beckk > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:08 AM > > Subject: Re: Face and Teeth Pain > > > > > > Thanks for posting that. I will be careful. I do sleep with a > night > > guard because I was grinding my teeth so the dentist thought > maybe > > that's why I had cracked some teeth all of the sudden. Sometimes > it > > seems to help,but other times it does seem to make it hurt more. > I > > will definately not get a teflon implant now- I'm glad you told > us > > that because I had never even heard of that. I have eye plugs > in my > > eyes (for Sjogren's) put in a few months ago with a minute > amount of > > silicone, which they say is such a tiny amount that it couldn't > harm > > a person- so I hope that's true. I don't want to micro-manage > > myself but at the same time I want to feel better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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