3 Difficulty Opening the Eyes
Another symptom of blepharitis that can actually have a number of different causes is discharged which causes the eyes to seal closed during the night. This is light sleepy-dust, or ‘eye boogers’, which are produced due to the normal function of the tear duct.
However, when this tear duct stops behaving normally, you’ll find that it causes a build-up of discharge. Eventually, this can become so substantial as to seal the eyes closed overnight, making it very hard to open them again in the morning. They might also look as though caked in wax or some other foreign substance when you first survey yourself in the mirror.
To open your eyes, try gently massaging the area to break up the crust and then you can open your eyes cautiously.
If the mucus has been produced but not to that full extent, then it might not cause the eyes to get sealed shut, but could collect in the eyelashes giving the appearance of lots of small flecks caught in those hairs.