About this time last year your reader, Rudy Otter, suggested a way of getting rid of red itchy eyes.I too had been plagued with what I thought at the time as a curse of summer.and had concluded that my eyes were bloodshot and itchy due to pollen in the air or other such particles flowing around.in the atmosphere.
My eyes became red ever since I was away on my holiday to the sunny climes of Ibitha. My doctor had prescribed my tablets together with a couple of bottles of eye drops. But even these drops and tablets were not proving much effective.
So I took heed of Mr Otter’s advice and started splashing cold water into my eyes at every available opportunity. It seemed to work for the time being, but the redness had not gone away completely.
In desparation, I asked my GP to refer me to an eye specialist (Ophthalmologist).. He measured the pressure in my eyes and found it to be too high. He gave me eye drops called Taptiquom to instill in the eyes once a day.
Ever since I started using these drops,my eyes have returned to normal, If others also suffer from red eyes, I suggest that thely have the eye pressure checked by an ophthalmologist.
If the pressure is too high, they should get that reduced to more normal level, untreated high pressure can lead to a loss of vision in the eyes leading to blindness.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
