A doctor removes 23 lenses from a woman's eye (california_eye_associates/)
A forgetful patient managed to store in her eye not one, not two and not even three contact lenses that she forgot to remove before going to bed - but 23 contact lenses that were forgotten in one eye!
In a video shared online, a doctor from Newport Beach can be seen removing a block of greenish lenses from the patient's eye.
Dr. Katrina Curtiva, an ophthalmologist from California Eye Associates, said her patient complained of pain in one eye and blurred vision. It quickly became clear that she forgot to remove her lenses every day. The result: 23 contact lenses stuck in her eye, mostly under her eyelid.
"These contact lenses managed to hide like a stack of pancakes really deep inside, in the least sensitive part of the eye," the doctor told Eyewitness News. In a photo posted on California Eye Associates' Instagram page taken right after the procedure, you can see a large pile of removed lenses From the patient's eyes The documentation of the procedure, which was also shared on Instagram, has since gone viral and gained more than 3.
"I had to use a very delicate surgical instrument to separate the contact lenses. They were glued together after sitting under the lid for a month," Curtiva said in the caption of one of the Instagram posts.
She told Eyewitness News that the patient is feeling well and has returned to her daily routine.
According to her, she even wants to continue wearing contact lenses.
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Curtiva told the broadcast that the patient herself did not understand how she could forget to take out her lenses for 23 days in a row.
The doctor believes that when a person wears lenses for many years, for example for 20 or 30 years, the cornea becomes desensitized.
"It's actually a protective feature, because otherwise you'd be really bothered by wearing contact lenses every day. After all, it's a foreign body in your eye," she explained, "so when the cornea loses sensitivity, it's a form of adaptation - but at the same time, you have trouble feeling when something isn't right Until the situation gets worse."
Curtiva said that the patient experienced quite a few changes in her face, including the loss of fat in her eye.
"The pocket of the upper eyelid became really deep. So in her case all these contact lenses were able to hide like a stack of pancakes really deep inside in the least sensitive part of the eye," she said.
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Those who noticed the green color of the contact lenses may have wondered about their color.
Cortiva has a simple explanation: "During an eye exam, a photograph of the fundus is sometimes taken with the injection of a luminescent substance, fluorescein. This is a useful tool for identifying any foreign body, as well as staining any irregularities in the cornea. Fluorescein also has an anesthetic agent that allows the lenses to be removed Without pain. She was very lucky that no long-term damage was caused there. It doesn't always end well. I've been in the field for almost 20 years and I've been exposed to cases that ended really badly. Cases where people developed eye-threatening infections, even from contact lenses left in the eyes overnight."
Curtiva added that this story should serve as a warning to contact lens wearers.
She recommends not sleeping with lenses, making sure to wash your hands when changing them, and for those who wear extended contact lenses, she recommends making sure to change them at the recommended time.
She suggests linking teeth brushing with contact lens care to make the care a daily routine.
"When you reach for the toothbrush, take out the lenses first and only then brush. Even in the morning. It's very basic."
The doctor tells about what happened:
Sleeping with contact lenses at night can lead to the accumulation of Pseudomonas - a type of bacteria that contaminates the eye and can cause permanent blindness.
The bacteria is usually found in the soil and is more likely to be caught by someone who does not have a strong immune system.
It can also cause chest, blood and urinary tract infections.
Sleeping with lenses can also lead to sore and dry eyes.
There is an additional risk of ulcers and inflammation due to reduced oxygen supply to the eyes.
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In a recently published serious case, a woman lost her eye after putting on contact lenses in the shower.
Marie Mason, 54, developed an infection in her left eye after a microscopic amoeba in tap water got between her contact lens and cornea.
Eventually she was told she had a type of bacteria called Acanthamoeba Keratitis.
Her eye was removed by the doctors after 5 years of treatments, including 3 unsuccessful cornea transplants.
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