 [ Symptoms ] what is eczema of the eyeball  my husband has lumps inside his upper eyelids redness of eyes and eyelids watering of eyes blurred vision and mucus in eyes his ophthalmologist diagnosed eczema of the eyeball and said the covering of the eyeballs is sloughing off he prescribed 5 sodium chloride drops which clear the redness but the box states it is used for edema of the eyeball i am suspicious what is eczema of eyeball [ Disease ] if you are suffering from a severe scalp problem your differential diagnosis at age 81 may include anything from infection an immunologic disease or cancer you should have your condition evaluated by a physician