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Ihave chronic dryness in eyes and swelling in eyelids my dr said its trachoma but only give me lubricants im still suffering year ago.

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Eye doc or PCP: if you were seen by your PCP then you need to see an eye doctor ophtalmalogist not optemetristin my understanding unless there is a specific pathogen suspected the treatment is a lubricant tp prevent the eye from staying dry unless the culture showed a specific pathogen then it should be treated check with ophtalmologist

Answered 2/10/2015

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A member asked:

Ihave chronic dryness in eyes and swelling in eyelids my dr said its trachoma but only give me lubricants im still suffering year ago.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. M. Hytham Beck answered

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