OMG?! Ophthalmologist Discovered Her Patient Had 23 Contact Lenses Lodged Underneath Her Eyelid!
21.10.2022 - 04:17
/ perezhilton.com
One doctor was left speechless when she discovered a patient had a bunch of disposable contact lenses lodged in her right eye – specifically underneath her eyelid! No joke!
On Thursday, Dr. Katerina Kurteeca, an ophthalmologist with California Eye Associates in Newport Beach, California, told Today a woman in her 70s came to her office back on September 12 complaining she felt “something in her eye” and noticed some mucus in the area. She began checking to see if she had a corneal ulcer or conjunctivitis. After ruling out those conditions, Katerina moved on to look for an eyelash, mascara, pet hair, or any object that could irritate her eye. However, she couldn’t find any items near the woman’s right cornea – except for some mucus discharge.
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When the doctor lifted her eyelid, though, that’s when she spotted something dark stuck there and inverted the lid with her fingers to get a better look at what was going on. Still, Katerina came up empty-handed. Using a lid speculum, a wired instrument to keep the patient’s eyelid open, she put an anesthetic drop with a yellow stain in it inside her eye. And what the doc found under the eyelid was MULTIPLE contacts stuck together!
OMG!
Katerina used a cotton swab and kept pulling out the contacts, recalling to Today:
She added:
Carefully separating the lenses with a jeweler forceps, she found out there were 23 contacts under the eyelid! Thankfully, the woman did not have an infection from them. She only experienced some mild irritation which was treated with anti-inflammatory drops and is doing fine now.
How did this happen? Well, Katerina claimed her patient said she doesn’t understand