We
offer these tips
from members of
Fuchs'
Friends and
others. If
you know of
another tip,
please
contact the
webmaster so we
can add it to the
site.
Again, please
read our legal
notices.
Peaked cap or wide-brimmed hat outdoors.
Tinted and non-reflective coated lenses.
Wraparound sunglasses.
For those who
wake up in a
fog, try a
hair dryer,
on very low,
at
arms-length,
directing air
over your
eyes from the
extreme left
or right
side, never
directly into
your
eyes.
Blink rapidly
to assist the
moisture to
the surface.
Don't
ever use any
steroids such
as
hydrocortisone
unless
approved by
your corneal
specialist;
they reduce
your ability
to move fluid
out of the
eye.
Get a very
accurate
count of
corneal
endothelial
cells in each
eye.
This can be
done
photographically
at Stanford
and probably
at UC Irvine
or any other
good teaching
hospital if
requested
by your
doctor.
Commercial
Eye drops
(Murine,
Visine, etc.)
should not be
used except
at the
direction of
your doctor.
Muro 128
eyedrops
and/or
ointment is a
saline
mixture that
seems to aid
in reducing
the
blurriness in
the morning.
