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One official name for eye boogers is rheum. Rheum is the natural discharge of the eye, formed from a combination of mucus, tears, dust, and even skin cells from the eyelids. The eye produces rheum all dayâ¦ so why does it build up overnight? When weâre awake, blinking washes rheum and tears away so we donât get a buildup of sleepies.
Eye boogers are the dry, crumbly or sticky gobs that can be found around the corner of the eye or one the lashes after a nightâs sleep. Some people get eye boogers even when they havenât slept. While a fairly common phenomenon in humans, dogs and even cats, the field of ophthalmology hasnât been able to come up with a scientific name for it. In fact, the only technical term that is used by eye doctors to describe what we call âsleep dustâ, âeye goopâ or âeye boogersâ in everyday life is âmatteringâ.