# Medical: What is... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 18, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526 "2005-10-18T09:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/1 "2005-10-18T09:38:36Z")
What is eye crust? The little, yellow, crystaline substacnce that builds up in the corner of the eye socket? Mainly developed overnight (in my case) but can occasionally accumulate through out the day / waking hours. One of You med students… anyone…? /random question ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Beckington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mr\_Beckington](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_Beckington)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/2 "2005-10-18T09:46:21Z")
i asked my wife who is a registered nurse/ex med student. she says there is no term for it. its just eye drainage. who knows…shes right most of time? ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/3 "2005-10-18T09:47:47Z")
a conglomerate of things I would think. The passage that runs from your nose to your eye (where the tears flow through) will bring up some debris. ---
**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/4 "2005-10-18T10:21:27Z")
google [http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/eyegunk/js.index.html](http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/eyegunk/js.index.html) ![http://www.yucky.com/body/yuckystuff/eyegunk/gif/dialog/eyw3.gif](http://www.yucky.com/body/yuckystuff/eyegunk/gif/dialog/eyw3.gif) ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/5 "2005-10-18T10:24:14Z")
who cares what it is as long as it tastes good ---
**Author:** ![SilverGTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SilverGTP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGTP)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/6 "2005-10-18T10:31:45Z")
> [@RedDawg](#): > > who cares what it is as long as it tastes good lol There are so many names for it sleep eye crust sleepy seeds crusties ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/7 "2005-10-18T10:31:59Z")
do’t forget mites … extremly small creatures that live on your eye lashes … so a combination of all that and mites ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/8 "2005-10-18T10:52:57Z")
> [@SilverGTP](#): > > lol > > There are so many names for it > > sleep > eye crust > sleepy seeds > crusties I know, hence the problem of trying to find info on google 🙂 > [@duck](#): > > google > [http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/eyegunk/js.index.html](http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/body/yuckystuff/eyegunk/js.index.html) :tup: But i was looking for something more scientific… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/9 "2005-10-18T10:54:55Z")
i never get them :gotme: i guess i dont have to cry myself to sleep everynight like the rest of you guys 😉 ---
**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/10 "2005-10-18T11:00:34Z")
maybe if we knew the “scientific” name we could find more on it. we can’t even agree on what to call it heh. i vote sleepies… or daddies? ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/11 "2005-10-18T11:10:43Z")
Its the mixture of mucus and tears that are released from the ducts in your eyes, its used to lubricate your eye, but since your eyes are closed while sleeping they dont dry out, and therefore you get excess that building up, and dries out forming that crust. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/12 "2005-10-18T11:42:02Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > i guess i dont have to cry myself to sleep everynight like the rest of you guys 😉 refer to Your own avatar 😃 > [@duck](#): > > maybe if we knew the “scientific” name we could find more on it. we can’t even agree on what to call it heh. i vote sleepies… or daddies? Agreed… and LOL, nice! > [@OfficerK](#): > > Its the mixture of mucus and tears that are released from the ducts in your eyes, its used to lubricate your eye, but since your eyes are closed while sleeping they dont dry out, and therefore you get excess that building up, and dries out forming that crust. So, with that being said, is it simply intra-cellular fluid? if so, why does the saline turn yellow? I thought the salt in saline was so much more mild :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Diesel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/diesel/32/7313_2.png) [@Diesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Diesel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/medical-what-is/3526/13 "2005-10-18T12:16:39Z")
I would think it is dust and other debris that got past the eyelashes. Then the fluids probably pushed it into the corners when blinking.