27 Contact Lenses Found In A Woman's Eye

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Doctors and staff at a public hospital in Solihull, England, were stunned as they prepared to perform routine cataract surgery and discovered that their patient had 27 contact lenses accumulated in one of his eyes for years.

The shocking discovery was made in November when a 67-year-old woman - whose name has not been revealed - was admitted to undergo the ophthalmic process. As narrated by Dr. Rupal Morjaria in a report from the medical portal BMJ.com, anesthetist Richard Crombie was preparing to numb the patient's eye when he found a group of 17 lenses covered in a mucous substance that formed a "bluish mass" over the woman's right eye.

Subsequent inspections managed to extract 10 more lenses. "We were all in shock," Dr. Morjaria told The New York Times regarding the incredible discovery.

The patient explained to the doctors that she had been wearing contact lenses for 35 years and that sometimes, when she wanted to remove them, she could not find one and assumed that she had already removed it. Interestingly, the only eye where he had contact lenses was the right one - and the left eye was in perfect condition.

Dr. Thomas L. Steinemann, a spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, told CNN that he has seen patients with glued contact lenses, but never in such a large group. "This is for the record books, is what I can say," he said.

For her part, Dr. Morjaria explained that she and two other colleagues decided to make the medical report public to raise awareness about the safe way to wear contact lenses. "This patient was very lucky, however, the abuse of contact lenses can cause serious eye complications," said the ophthalmologist.