{"id":4277,"date":"2025-11-16T13:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2025-11-16T13:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:52:57","slug":"doctor-finds-insane-amount-contact-lenses-clumped-together-womans-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=4277","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Finds Insane Amount Of Contact Lenses Clumped Together In Woman\u2019s Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you wear contacts, this story might make you extra cautious when it comes to your eye health. According to the British Medical Journal,<\/span><\/span> doctors found 27 contact lenses in a patient\u2019s eye while she was being prepped for surgery.<\/p>\n

The lenses were clumped together in a \u201cblueish mass\u2026 bound together by mucus\u201d in the 67-year-old patient\u2019s eye. Rupal Morjaria worked on the patient. She said the patient was shocked to learn of the discovery. \u201cWhen she was seen two weeks after I removed the lenses she said her eyes felt a lot more comfortable,\u201d Morjaria explained.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Morjaria said she chose to publish the casebecause most doctors didn\u2019t believe it was possible for someone to lose so many contact lenses in their eyes without suffering from severe symptoms.<\/p>\n

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The patient had been<\/span><\/span> wearing disposable contacts for 35 years.\u00a0During that time, she rarely visited the eye doctor. When she developed cataracts, doctors scheduled surgery. They discovered the lenses while they were injecting anesthesia into her eyes for the surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a large mass,\u201d Morjaria explained. \u201cWe were really surprised that the patient didn\u2019t notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span>Henry Leonard, Association of Optometrists clinical and regulatory officer, said, \u201cPatients do sometimes present with a contact lens stuck under their upper eyelid, particularly if they are new to contact lens wear, or have problems with dexterity, but finding this many lenses stuck in someone\u2019s eye is exceedingly rare. Most patients would experience significant discomfort and redness, and be at risk of eye infections.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Doctors aren\u2019t sure how 27 contact lenses ended up in the patient\u2019s eye. They suggested that her \u201cdeep set eyes\u201d may have been a contributing factor. They immediately postponed the cataract surgery after making the discovery. Morjaria explained that the patient had a high amount of bacteria in her eye from the lenses. She hopes that other contact lens wearers will be more cautious about their eye care.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn this day and age, when it is so easy to purchase contact lenses online, people become lax about having regular check ups,\u201d she said. \u201cContact lenses are used all the time, but if they are not appropriately monitored we see people with serious eye infections that can cause them to lose their sight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the video below for more on the peculiar discovery:<\/h3>\n