Posted on 07/17/2017 11:13:40 AM PDT by simpson96
She couldn’t have seen this coming.
A 67-year-old woman scheduled for cataract surgery discovered she had 27 contact lenses stuck to her eye, according to a new report.
A “hard mass” that appeared to be a “bluish foreign body” was removed from the woman’s eye by surgeons who learned it was really 17 lenses fused together by mucus, The BMJ said in a report published this month.
Doctors used a microscope and found another 10 lenses in her eye.
The woman, who was not identified, said she has worn disposable contact lenses for 35 years – but didn’t regularly visit the eye doctor. She chalked up her eye discomfort to old age and dry eye.
BMJ said she had bad vision in her right eye and deep-set eyes, which may have contributed to the lenses becoming lodged.
“None of us have ever seen this before,” said Rupal Morjaria, a specialist trainee ophthalmologist, told Optometry Today. “It was such a large mass. All the 17 contact lenses were stuck together. We were really surprised that the patient didn’t notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there.”
Once the contact lens mass was removed in November, “she said her eyes felt a lot more comfortable,” Morjaria said.
Her cataract surgery was postponed due to an increased risk of infection.
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She put those in her eyes and didn’t ever take them out???? Really????
Should be put on the No contact lenses for you list
She ought to be able to see details like a scanning electron microscope!
I never had any desire to wear contact lenses.
This story just strengthened that resolve....
Democrat utopian vision. Mo free contact lenses. Probably knee deep in free birth control pills and government cheese.
For some reason, reminds me of what happened the first time I used malloc() (will only make sense to C and C++ programmers).
Some lessons just need to be learned the hard way. ;-)
Why is this a news story?
Why must I read this stomach turning headline twice in one day?
It was posted early this morning
There is a morbid streak in free republic posters that these horrific headlines get posted
memory leak!
do it in a for loop for maximum effect
Like this:
while (1) { malloc (1000); }
I'm sure the writer of this thought they were being quite clever..
Unfortunately, I didn't keep reading a couple of paragraphs further, to where they talked about free().
Most of us laugh at stories that show such bizarre stupidity. Did she think they were dissolving in her eye?The government will have to mandate that there be a warning in contact lenses saying the old one should be removed before a new one is applied.
Did you miss yesterday’s posting?
The woman needs to be committed to a mental hospital. There is no end to the stupid stuff she will do to herself and the danger she poses to those around her.
****She put those in her eyes and didn’t ever take them out???? Really????****
Probably old and confused, stumbling about, nearly blind and stressed.
Don’t know how they are packed and if there are multiple lenses. Perhaps this woman is not separating them properly and inserting multiple lens.
My 80 yr.old sister has had multiple cataract surgeries and uses contact lenses which she constantly drops and ruins.
Very troubling.
The story of this mentally ill woman was posted yesterday, twice, at 7:35, by two different posters.
I hate when I have 27 contact lenses stuck on my eye.
There is a reason why “malloc” looks so much like the word “malice”!
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