Wellness

[YorkieonmyPillow]

This is a little gross/disturbing, so if you have a weak stomach, just skip this one..........

LONDON --
Doctors intending to perform cataract surgery on a 67-year-old woman in Britain found something rather unexpected: 17 contact lenses mashed together in her right eye.

In a case report published Monday in the journal BMJ, the doctors said that the woman had worn monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years; she had "deep set eyes" and poorer vision in that eye, which they said might have contributed to a failure to remove some of the lenses.

The doctors said the 17 lenses were bound together by mucus. A further 10 were found by the surgeon using a microscope. Rupal Morjaria, a specialist trainee in ophthalmology, said the "large mass" would have caused quite a lot of irritation.

The patient had chalked it up to old age and dry eye, Morjaria said.

http://abc7news.com/health/see-this-doctors-find-27-contact-lenses-in-womans-eye/2226713/?sf98664003...http://abc7news.com/health/see-this-doctors-find-27-contact-lenses-in-womans-eye/2226713/?sf98664003...

[grandma2pkmh]

@YorkieonmyPillow I read that earlier today. How in the world do you not know! I could tell when I had one in my eye.

[Bird mama]

[Moonchilde]

I hope anyone that st**id didn't reproduce.

[Big Sister]

I cannot avoid saying this:  "Ignorance is not always bliss."

[NicksmomESQ]

 Yuck!!!   I just don't get it!!

[IlliniGirl88]

I don't wear contacts, but don't know how this is even possible!!!  Wouldn't they be thick in her eye?  I read this yesterday and can't even understand how someone could forget to remove a contact, let alone 27, before putting another in?  "The patient chalked her condition up to OLD AGE???"  The woman is only 67 years old!  I think this woman should stick with wearing glasses.

[Stray]

I put two in my eye once and had double vision....I can't imagine how she walked around! 

[SilleeMee]

I've heard of contacts travelling to the back of the eye...but never this! Makes my eyes water just thinking about it.

[Bird mama]

The more I think about this, she's lucky she didn't go blind from it.