In my case my eyes just kept getting drier and drier, and that eventually caused conjuctivitis (inflammation of the eyelid and the covering of the eye). It was mistaken for an eye infection originally. Conjuctivitis + contacts led to an injury of the epithilium, either caused by the contacts literally bonding to and ripping off the epithilium, or by debris being caught and scratching, unable to be washed away due to lack of moisture. The symptoms were cloudy, blurry vision, itchiness, sensitivity to light, and pain. Cloudy vision and pain are f'in scary.
In my case I ended up with lesions that had to be treated with antibiotics, lubricating gel, and a kind of "bandage" contact lens, since the inflammation of the eyelids can cause further damage of the eye.
Please do be careful with your eyes. Don't sleep in your contacts, use lubricating drops, and if you feel debris or other discomfort, take them out!
I was lucky thanks to antibiotics warding off any potential infection. An infection coupled with an injury can threaten your sight. The prognosis is generally pretty good for minor epithilium and corneal damage, usually. For me, it was mind-alteringly painful, but after healing my vision is pretty much perfect with the glasses I had before. Despite being annoyed by my glasses, I am truly thankful that I can see! It is hard to communicate what 2 weeks in a dark room with the question of blindness stirring in your head can make you face.
Dry eye was the cause of the worst pain in my life. The air in my hotel was extremely arid, and my eyelid stuck to my eye while I was asleep. When I awoke, I rubbed my eyes and tore my cornea.
At first, it felt like I had sleep in my eyes and only needed drops. About an hour later my eyes would not start watering, and the pain became unbearable and nearly caused me to pass out. It lasted for about 2 hours.
Interestingly, the pain subsided extremely quickly as the eye healed. I wore a contact bandage for a few days, and the eye healed without further incidence. But am now always worried about a recurrence of this.
Oh my goodness that sounds very unpleasant! Did that affect both your eyes at the same time? Did it result in itching or more localised pain on a specific part of your eye? I'm wondering if this could have happened to both her eyes concurrently... thank you so much for your suggestions.
I was diagnosed with blepharitis two years ago. Amusing (not really...) little story:
Usually, for me, it occurs in just one eye. I haven't had it for months, but I do religiously clean my eyes every day now. The last time it happened in both eyes, and I ended up on the floor holding my eyes in the most intense pain I've experienced in a while.
My partner took it upon herself to fry up some onions. She hadn't friend them for more than a year before. A minor screaming fit at her for being so incredibly stupid and ignorant for doing that (I couldn't even take my hands away from my eyes for a day after she did that) and I thought she'd never do it again.
23 hours.
She did it again, and claimed that it never occurred to her that it would hurt me again.
I had to piece it together but it affected the way my body produces hormones, one of which controls cerebrospinal fluid. The fluid built up in pressure and affected my eyes.
I know it might not persuade you, but I just recently learned of a good friend that has some scaring from an infection from contact lenses. When I sent him this link he said a coworker of his just got an eye infection also. That being said this is all anecdotal. I would love to see a more definitive study though on this.
I was diagnosed about 15 years ago.
Eyes (mostly right eye) were getting progressively worse. Reached the point where soft (toric xr) lenses were no longer working. I was going to get fitted for hard lenses in the coming week.
I stayed at a friend's house.
I had an allergic reaction to her cat.
My eyes got severely swollen.
The next day, I could see with my soft lenses again. Optometrist didn't believe me. Until I went in and she tested.
My eyes had been 'relatively' stable since that...but have recently started to get worse again.
I always thought it was something to explore scientifically. I had another eye doc say it was all in my head. (If only one could will themselves to see better...).
The best treatment when I was diagnosed was the implantation of plastic rings into the eye to change its shape. I always suspected that there could have been a shape change. Or maybe just fortunately-placed deterioration of my corneas from the reaction.
If you don't mind - how long was the temporary blindness roughly? And I assume your eyesight went back to normal eventually, or did you have any lasting effects?
May I ask how exactly your dry eyes led to degradation in vision? I've recently been struggling with mild corneal abrasions that leave me with something resembling a "starburst" in my night vision, and I'm suspecting it may be caused by dry eyes.
I've had one due to dropping some stucco into my eye when working on a ceiling, before I realized what happened my eye had rotated causing some pretty deep scratches. Both extremely painful and took surprisingly long to heal.
Example of that first point, I woke up one day with extremely dry eyes to the point where it felt like I had a grain of sand in one eye. It was painful every time I blinked. I taped my eye shut to stop blinking which only helped a bit.
I asked if anything could be done other than eye drops which was about 5 seconds of relief but starting to irritate the skin around my eye due to the chemicals.
Optometrist said a full night of sleep. Nothing else will fix it. And he was right.
Just want to stress this point. An infection sounds benign but the eyes are naturally immunosuppressed. An infection can spread rapidly and lead to permanent damage to your eyesight within days.
According to NHS ophthalmologists at Moorfields eye hospital, I had acanthamoeba keratitis - a rare eye infection which… well… just Google pictures for what happens if left untreated. Theory is, I picked it up after staying in a hot tub too long and then leaving contact lenses in over night.
It’s so rare that the trainees never see any patients with it. The consultant asked me if I was OK for all the doctors there that night to have a look. They were fascinated but I was in a fair amount of pain!
I had to apply drops of what was effectively bleach to my eye for six months to ensure it went. Very painful. The diagnostic process was incredibly painful too. I can’t wear lenses anymore as I think my cornea is permanently damaged. Luckily my vision is back to normal but took nearly a year to recover.
Don’t sleep in your lenses. Don’t wear lenses in the hot tub!
That's interesting. My problem is that I suffer from a connective tissue disorder. And, as it happens, it was the connective tissue between the lens and eye that gave out.
My night vision is also significantly deteriorated. I can drive fine at night, as I can see lights and reflective surfaces just fine, but walking around at night is definitely more difficult, and sometimes concerning.
I'd had issues with dry eyes for most of my adult life. When I was still wearing contacts, I had a doctor tell me it was likely that I wasn't blinking enough. It seemed silly to me at first, but then I paid more attention (I did tend to stare at screens for 18-20 hours at a time back then), and realized the doctor was spot on.
I learned to blink more while working and it's made an enormous difference. On occasion, I'll still find myself completely submerged into whatever I'm doing, eyes wide open, dry as dust, and I'll sit back, squeeze my eyes shut a few times until they water again, and then take a break.
Conjunctivitis How to Deal With Sore and Itching Eyes
Conjunctivitis is a term signifying the inflammation of the covering over the white section of your eye. This causes red and itchy symptoms around the eyelid and conjunctivitis itself is most common in children. Being highly contagious sufferers should ensure they limit their contact with other individuals as much as possible.
This highly infectious eye condition is ordinarily the cause of infection however it can be instigated from contact with chemicals or in some circumstances allergies. The primary way to identify the cause of conjunctivitis is by looking at the discharge arising from the wound. If the discharge is clear and watery the cause is more likely to be attributed to an allergy or a viral infection. If the discharge resembles a thicker yellowy substance it typically points to a bacterial infection which will require antibiotic ointment or eye drops which you can obtain from your physician.
It is important to note that bacterial conjunctivitis along with viral conjunctivitis are both equally as infectious, however it is not possible to contract the allergy based conjunctivitis from other people.
If you find yourself suffering from this irritating eye condition then you need to seek medical advice given bacterial conjunctivitis is extremely contagious. It is also very easy to cross infect your other healthy eye simply by rubbing the affected eye and transporting the bacteria across to your healthy eye. Ensure that anybody suffering from conjunctivitis within your household utilises their own towels and flannels and obtains specific antibiotic ointment or eye drops with which to treat the condition from your pharmacist or doctor. Once treated symptoms ordinarily subside within a few days and will clear up completely within around 7 days.https://i-review.net/pmf-advanced-proof-review/
In my case I ended up with lesions that had to be treated with antibiotics, lubricating gel, and a kind of "bandage" contact lens, since the inflammation of the eyelids can cause further damage of the eye.
Please do be careful with your eyes. Don't sleep in your contacts, use lubricating drops, and if you feel debris or other discomfort, take them out!
I was lucky thanks to antibiotics warding off any potential infection. An infection coupled with an injury can threaten your sight. The prognosis is generally pretty good for minor epithilium and corneal damage, usually. For me, it was mind-alteringly painful, but after healing my vision is pretty much perfect with the glasses I had before. Despite being annoyed by my glasses, I am truly thankful that I can see! It is hard to communicate what 2 weeks in a dark room with the question of blindness stirring in your head can make you face.
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