I'm doing a study on it, and I'm interested in all the different names it has, Also, when you email, please include the state or region you are from. This should be fun, I look forward to hearing from you!
2007-03-11 05:29:40 · 11 answers · asked by awwwwsum1 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I call it eye sand (from the sandman). West Coast
2007-03-11 05:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"protein deposits" or "eye discharge". Some people call it sleep dust, eye sh*t, sand, eye sleep, eye gunk, eye cheese, eye snot, and other things.
Honestly, there really isn't a medical term for it that I can find. It's simply protein that forms in the corner of your eyes...tears that become drier and then mucous like, as does mucous in one's nose.
And, of course, if the mucous in your eye dries out, it becomes hard and flakey (just as the mucous in your nose does). That's why it looks like sand.
Apparently you are not alone in wondering about the name for this stuff. Check out the two links below...
2007-03-11 12:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by nitropit68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Krusties
2007-03-11 13:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents call that gunk in your eye "sleep."
2007-03-11 14:28:44 · answer #4 · answered by jracer524 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleepys, or eye crust.
East Coast
2007-03-11 12:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by ~Romantic_Dreamer~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i call it sleep matter
its a collection of dust etc
collected during the night
just like getting stuff in your nose
believe it or not we open our
eyes when we are sleeping
2007-03-11 12:34:49 · answer #6 · answered by caffsans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always called them eye boogers. My dog gets them too.
Peoria, Illinois.
2007-03-11 12:33:26 · answer #7 · answered by max_minpin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call them eye boogers too here in Chicago....so does everyone else I know...
2007-03-11 17:28:42 · answer #8 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My folks always called it "sleepies" or "eye jam"
2007-03-12 15:22:53 · answer #9 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sleep or eye boogers.I"m from the south
2007-03-11 12:34:48 · answer #10 · answered by superwomen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋