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Suggest Treatment For Scalp Psoriasis And Flickering Sensations In The Eyes

Posted on Fri, 12 Aug 2016

Question: Hi
I have scalp psoriasis and my right eye is flickering for some time. are they anyway related apart from stress?

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes it may be related

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through your query. Flickering of eye is mostly related to some irritation of the muscle of eye. It may happen due to infection, calcium deficiency, some swelling of glands, etc.

Psoriasis is thickening of skin. Alongwith thickening there is dryness of skin and there are higher chances of infection. Now whatever affects the hair follicles on scalp may also affect hair follicles of eye lashes. This may cause fickering.

Now this does not mean that whatever medicine you use for scalp psoriasis can be used on eyes. Be cautious about using medicines in eyes. A local antibiotic like moxifoxacin eye drops may relieve flickering if its an infection. Otherwise you also try drinking cleaner water from RO system. This may provide some relief with dry skin.

Hope it helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaishalee Punj (5 minutes later)

Thank you doctor.
These days, i am trying to drink more water. but still can i use moxifoxacin even if we are not sure about the exact cause.

Thanks

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You may try for 3 days

Detailed Answer:
Hi again

Yes you may try for three days. Do followup with your doctor whenever needed.

Dr Vaishalee
take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar