Woman had 27 contact lenses in one eye

[oldbrownhat]

The patient had not reported anything seriously amiss despite the mass of lenses stuck together inside her eyelid.

Article here.

"... Dumbfounded doctors could hardly believe their eyes when they found a "blueish mass" that prevented them from performing routine cataract surgery on a 67-year-old U.K. patient.

The woman, whose case was documented in the BMJ in 2017 , had not reported anything seriously amiss despite the presence of 17 contact lenses stuck together inside her eyelid. The eye-popping observation prompted further searching that revealed another 10 lenses hidden within the same area.

"None of us have ever seen this before," Rupal Morjaria, a specialist trainee ophthalmologist at the time, told Optometry Today .

The contact collection went virtually unnoticed by the patient aside from some mild discomfort she had attributed to natural causes and definitely not a blue ball of plastic. Doctors speculated that the older woman's declining vision and deep set eyes may have prevented her from seeing the problem more clearly. "She said she had felt an uncomfortable and gritty eye, 'like something was inside,' but she didn't think it was anything to worry about"...​

 

[TripLeader]

I would not have thought it possible to be unaware of such a thing.

Reminds me of a movie quote.

The Graduate: Plastics - YouTube

 

[oldbrownhat]

I would not have thought it possible to be unaware of such a thing.

Reminds me of a movie quote.

The Graduate: Plastics - YouTube

LOL. "Plastics" LOTS of plastics!

"...Doctors speculated that the older woman's declining vision and deep set eyes may have prevented her from seeing the problem more clearly..." I wonder if she noticed any improvement, aside from lack of irritation, after they removed the lenses?

 

[biku324]

I saw a woman with a Lee Press-On Nail stuck up her nose so far EMTs removed it with forceps and packed the bleeding nostril with gauze. Never heard if she managed to dig out the booger she went after up there.

 

[oldbrownhat]

I saw a woman with a Lee Press-On Nail stuck up her nose so far EMTs removed it with forceps and packed the bleeding nostril with gauge. Never heard if she managed to dig out the booger she went after up there.

Er.... "Thanks for sharing". But I started this thread, so I guess I can't complain.

 

[LVSteve]

Soft or hard lenses?

 

[Rustyt1953]

I read that and my first thought was Clusiot in Papillon.

 

[deadin]

One of my kids (toddler age) stuffed a grapefruit seed up his nose.
By the time the doctor figured out what was going on, it had started to sprout......

 

[yaktamer]

Maybe she thought she was a housefly?

 

[ZGrand]

Jeez. If I get just a small eyelash under a contact, it feels like a Canadian goose flew in there. I don't know how she could not have felt a lump of 27 contacts in her eye.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Jeez. If I get just a small eyelash under a contact, it feels like a Canadian goose flew in there. I don't know how she could not have felt a lump of 27 contacts in her eye.

Our Canada geese are pretty aggressive. Having "The bird of paradise fly up your nose" is nothing compared to having a Canada goose under a contact

Maybe the woman should change her name to "Oblivia".

 

[Bajadoc]

I did eye exams for 25 years. The most I ever found was three. I feel cheated.

 

[SMSgt]

Er.... "Thanks for sharing". But I started this thread, so I guess I can't complain.

But wait! There's more!

My three-year-old daughter developed a nasty nasal discharge, the green kind. Took her to the doctor who took one look and called in the ENT from down the hall. The ENT used six-inch-long tweezers to pull out about a dozen rubber bands. He said the worst he ever saw was a kid who shoved a bean up his nose, and it sprouted all into his sinuses. He said it took hours to get all the roots and stems out.

Kids.... There is no why, just do.

 

[oldbrownhat]

But wait! There's more!

My three-year-old daughter developed a nasty nasal discharge, the green kind. Took her to the doctor who took one look and called in the ENT from down the hall. The ENT used six-inch-long tweezers to pull out about a dozen rubber bands. He said the worst he ever saw was a kid who shoved a bean up his nose, and it sprouted all into his sinuses. He said it took hours to get all the roots and stems out.

Kids.... There is no why, just do.

 

[Doug M.]

At least those were kids, who will do "interesting" things out of ignorance and curiosity. Show me an adult who is not super cautious with contacts, and I'll show you someone who should only wear glasses.

 

[LVSteve]

I did eye exams for 25 years. The most I ever found was three. I feel cheated.

I thought I'd slid one up under a lid last year. I fished around as I'd been taught to do (I've worn hard or gas permeable contacts for over 50 years) but couldn't find anything, even though I swore I could feel something. Went to the local optometrist and she found nothing, so it seems I somehow flicked the lens out, never to be seen again.