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Fishing Eye Syndrome Symptoms
Causes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Frequently Asked Questions
Typically, the mechanical trauma is removal of the mucus secretions, which causes damage to the eye’scornea, the clear dome of tissue at the front of your eye. This in turn leads to increased production of mucus.
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People with fishing eye syndrome can pull strings of mucus from their affected eye.
Other symptoms may include:
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If you are removing ocular mucus threads on a regular basis, you should schedule an appointment with an eye specialist, such as anoptometristor ophthalmologist. They can diagnose fishing eye syndrome.
To treat fishing eye syndrome, you’ll first have to treat the underlying condition that’s causing it.
Body-focused repetitive behaviors are defined as repetitive, ritualized behaviors that are focused on the body and involve compulsively damaging one’s physical appearance or causing physical injury.Fishing eye syndrome can lead to body-focused repetitive behavior.
There is a weak relationship between body-focused repetitive behaviors and mental health disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder. If treatment of the underlying ocular disorder of fishing eye syndrome does not alleviate or eliminate the body-focused repetitive disorder, seeking consultation with a psychologist or psychiatrist can be helpful in treating the body-focused repetitive disorder.
Summary
A Word From Verywell
When you are constantly removing mucus threads from your eye, you may have fishing eye syndrome and you should seek expert consultation from an eye specialist. Understanding which underlying condition is causing your symptoms can not only improve your eye health, but can also reduce the likelihood of dealing with the associated mental anxiety and stress.
What is fishing eye syndrome?
How long does fishing eye syndrome last?
How do you stop fishing eye syndrome?
Fishing eye syndrome is stopped when the underlying ocular condition is treated. Depending on the severity of the underlying condition, it may take months to find the best treatment option to alleviate the underlying eye disorder.
How common is fishing eye syndrome?
Fishing eye syndrome is generally rare.However, the underlying ocular conditions that lead to fishing eye syndrome (e.g., allergic conjunctivitis, blepharitis, dry eye syndrome) are common. Seeking out an eye specialist to diagnose and treat underlying eye conditions early can prevent fishing eye syndrome from developing.
6 SourcesVerywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Guvenc-Ibas U, Sanli A, Yalniz-Akkaya Z, Uzman S, Singar E.Mucus fishing syndrome: a case with sterile corneal ulcer.Clin Exp Ocul Trauma Infect. 2019 Aug 30:109–111.American Academy of Ophthalmology.Allergic conjunctivitis.American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is blepharitis?American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is dry eye?Solley K, Turner C.Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant body-focused repetitive behaviors in a non-clinical sample.Compr Psychiatry. 2018;86:9–18. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.06.014Ajamian P.Gone fishing’. Review of Optometry.
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Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Guvenc-Ibas U, Sanli A, Yalniz-Akkaya Z, Uzman S, Singar E.Mucus fishing syndrome: a case with sterile corneal ulcer.Clin Exp Ocul Trauma Infect. 2019 Aug 30:109–111.American Academy of Ophthalmology.Allergic conjunctivitis.American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is blepharitis?American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is dry eye?Solley K, Turner C.Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant body-focused repetitive behaviors in a non-clinical sample.Compr Psychiatry. 2018;86:9–18. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.06.014Ajamian P.Gone fishing’. Review of Optometry.
Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.
Guvenc-Ibas U, Sanli A, Yalniz-Akkaya Z, Uzman S, Singar E.Mucus fishing syndrome: a case with sterile corneal ulcer.Clin Exp Ocul Trauma Infect. 2019 Aug 30:109–111.American Academy of Ophthalmology.Allergic conjunctivitis.American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is blepharitis?American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is dry eye?Solley K, Turner C.Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant body-focused repetitive behaviors in a non-clinical sample.Compr Psychiatry. 2018;86:9–18. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.06.014Ajamian P.Gone fishing’. Review of Optometry.
Guvenc-Ibas U, Sanli A, Yalniz-Akkaya Z, Uzman S, Singar E.Mucus fishing syndrome: a case with sterile corneal ulcer.Clin Exp Ocul Trauma Infect. 2019 Aug 30:109–111.
American Academy of Ophthalmology.Allergic conjunctivitis.
American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is blepharitis?
American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is dry eye?
Solley K, Turner C.Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant body-focused repetitive behaviors in a non-clinical sample.Compr Psychiatry. 2018;86:9–18. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.06.014
Ajamian P.Gone fishing’. Review of Optometry.
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