# What causes eye boogers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 22, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457 "2014-01-22T16:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/1 "2014-01-22T16:50:34Z")
Hello Everyone, Had surgery two days ago so I’ve been a little under the weather. Last night I slept for about twelve hours straight and this morning I woke up with eyes full of eye boogers and eye crusties. Just curious as to what causes these things. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/2 "2014-01-22T17:08:31Z")
[Here ya go](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+causes+eye+boogers). Or did you want to discuss your eye boogers in more detail? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/3 "2014-01-22T17:22:18Z")
I was going to say dirty dreams. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/4 "2014-01-22T18:27:10Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > [Here ya go](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+causes+eye+boogers). > > Or did you want to discuss your eye boogers in more detail? Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/5 "2014-01-22T18:35:23Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > [Here ya go](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+causes+eye+boogers).? **Moderator Note** From the [GQ rules:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466202) > [@](#): > > …we aren’t interested in hearing about how stupid the question was because a search could have answered the question. Nor are we interested in hearing how simple it was for another poster to find the answer in a search engine. If it’s that simple to find the answer, go ahead and post the answer. No warning issued, but please refrain from this in the future. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/6 "2014-01-22T18:43:31Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Reported. Report if you must, but what kind of person raises their hand in class and says, “Ooh! Ooh! Teacher, that boy said something _mean_!”? I mean, this isn’t like **runner pat** ting a spam OP. This is weird. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/7 "2014-01-22T18:45:56Z")
Mean we don’t necessarily report. Purposely useless we do. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/8 "2014-01-22T19:00:44Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Report if you must, but what kind of person raises their hand in class and says, “Ooh! Ooh! Teacher, that boy said something _mean_!”? > > I mean, this isn’t like **runner pat** ting a spam OP. This is weird. I just did it so the moderator on duty wouldn’t get a hundred different reports of the same thing. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/9 "2014-01-22T19:07:19Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Report if you must, but what kind of person raises their hand in class and says, “Ooh! Ooh! Teacher, that boy said something _mean_!”? > > I mean, this isn’t like **runner pat** ting a spam OP. This is weird. **Moderator Note** Given the fact that your post was clearly in violation of General Questions rules, it was likely we would have received a number of reports of it. **HeyHomie’s** post helped avoid that. Also, due to the nature of your first post in this thread, I would be more diffident about accusing other people of grade-school behavior.😉 Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-eye-boogers/679457/10 "2014-01-22T19:46:51Z")
To go back to the OP, it’s your eyes cleaning out the garbage that lands in them. Dust and crap in the air, stuff coming through your tear ducts, bacteria, mucus, etc.