Contact Lense Failblog!

[calendria]

 

          

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) tells the cautionary tale of a UK woman who clearly forgot that a key rule of wearing contacts involves taking them out of your eyes when you're done with them. The patient was found with a build-up of 27 forgotten lenses in her eye that resembled a "blueish mass." How endearing.

Source: GIPHY
The 67-year-old patient was in for a preliminary check-up ahead of a scheduled cataract surgery when the contacts were discovered. Specialist trainee ophthalmologist Rupal Morjaria said that the operating team initially found 17 individual contact lenses that had formed one giant lump in the woman's eye. Upon further inspection, another 10 lenses were found as well.
"It was such a large mass. All the 17 contact lenses were stuck together," Morjaria said in an interview with Optometry Today. "We were really surprised that the patient didn't notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there."
That's perhaps the wildest part of this story -- the patient didn't even notice the build-up of lenses. She had felt some dryness and irritation over the years, but she just chalked it up to old age. Thankfully, she managed to avoid serious infection from the dozens of lost contacts, and she reported feeling a lot more comfortable in the weeks following their removal.
The patient had been wearing monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years. However, she ordered her refills online and did not go to the optometrist for a check-up in the years since switching to contacts. This issue, which would have prevented such an alarming build-up of lost contacts, is a growing concern among eye doctors in the digital age and it is what prompted Morjaria and her team to publish this case in BMJ.
"In this day and age, when it is so easy to purchase contact lenses online, people become lax about having regular check ups," Morjaria said. "Contact 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."
So, if you take anything away from this story, it's that you should regularly get your eyes checked out by a professional. And, by all all means, remember to double check your eyes every morning for lost contacts -- that is, if you can still muscle up the courage to wear those newfangled eyeball contraptions after reading this story.
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[jkhanson]

This is bizarre!  I find it hard to believe that someone could put 27 contacts into their eyes without noticing that they already had one or several others in their eye.  How did she see?  Her vision clarity must have been very bad.....multiple lenses could not have possibly given her clear vision.  She is very lucky to not have contracted a bad infection!

[gaylasue]

That's almost too hard to believe!

[linderlizzie]

I tried them for a while and just absolutely hated them. I don't know how people do it. 

[countrygirl12]

This is bizarre!  I find it hard to believe that someone could put 27 contacts into their eyes without noticing that they already had one or several others in their eye.  How did she see?  Her vision clarity must have been very bad.....multiple lenses could not have possibly given her clear vision.  She is very lucky to not have contracted a bad infection!

Yeah I find it hard to believe that.  I did put a second one in my eye and forgot to take out the first one.  Your vision will be so blurry you could not see.  Unless it was just the colored lens that does not alter vision.

[dreamyxo]

Good grief.

[fillfran82]

          

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) tells the cautionary tale of a UK woman who clearly forgot that a key rule of wearing contacts involves taking them out of your eyes when you're done with them. The patient was found with a build-up of 27 forgotten lenses in her eye that resembled a "blueish mass." How endearing.

Source: GIPHY
The 67-year-old patient was in for a preliminary check-up ahead of a scheduled cataract surgery when the contacts were discovered. Specialist trainee ophthalmologist Rupal Morjaria said that the operating team initially found 17 individual contact lenses that had formed one giant lump in the woman's eye. Upon further inspection, another 10 lenses were found as well.
"It was such a large mass. All the 17 contact lenses were stuck together," Morjaria said in an interview with Optometry Today. "We were really surprised that the patient didn't notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there."
That's perhaps the wildest part of this story -- the patient didn't even notice the build-up of lenses. She had felt some dryness and irritation over the years, but she just chalked it up to old age. Thankfully, she managed to avoid serious infection from the dozens of lost contacts, and she reported feeling a lot more comfortable in the weeks following their removal.
The patient had been wearing monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years. However, she ordered her refills online and did not go to the optometrist for a check-up in the years since switching to contacts. This issue, which would have prevented such an alarming build-up of lost contacts, is a growing concern among eye doctors in the digital age and it is what prompted Morjaria and her team to publish this case in BMJ.
"In this day and age, when it is so easy to purchase contact lenses online, people become lax about having regular check ups," Morjaria said. "Contact 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."
So, if you take anything away from this story, it's that you should regularly get your eyes checked out by a professional. And, by all all means, remember to double check your eyes every morning for lost contacts -- that is, if you can still muscle up the courage to wear those newfangled eyeball contraptions after reading this story.
RELATED: These "Smart Glasses Can Adjust Automatically to Your Eyesight
 

Hello!

This story reinstated why I don't want to wear contact lenses despite me hating wearing glasses. How could she not notice seriously? I'm glad she had no major infections and permanently lose her vision!

[countrygirl12]

          

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) tells the cautionary tale of a UK woman who clearly forgot that a key rule of wearing contacts involves taking them out of your eyes when you're done with them. The patient was found with a build-up of 27 forgotten lenses in her eye that resembled a "blueish mass." How endearing.

Source: GIPHY
The 67-year-old patient was in for a preliminary check-up ahead of a scheduled cataract surgery when the contacts were discovered. Specialist trainee ophthalmologist Rupal Morjaria said that the operating team initially found 17 individual contact lenses that had formed one giant lump in the woman's eye. Upon further inspection, another 10 lenses were found as well.
"It was such a large mass. All the 17 contact lenses were stuck together," Morjaria said in an interview with Optometry Today. "We were really surprised that the patient didn't notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there."
That's perhaps the wildest part of this story -- the patient didn't even notice the build-up of lenses. She had felt some dryness and irritation over the years, but she just chalked it up to old age. Thankfully, she managed to avoid serious infection from the dozens of lost contacts, and she reported feeling a lot more comfortable in the weeks following their removal.
The patient had been wearing monthly disposable contact lenses for 35 years. However, she ordered her refills online and did not go to the optometrist for a check-up in the years since switching to contacts. This issue, which would have prevented such an alarming build-up of lost contacts, is a growing concern among eye doctors in the digital age and it is what prompted Morjaria and her team to publish this case in BMJ.
"In this day and age, when it is so easy to purchase contact lenses online, people become lax about having regular check ups," Morjaria said. "Contact 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."
So, if you take anything away from this story, it's that you should regularly get your eyes checked out by a professional. And, by all all means, remember to double check your eyes every morning for lost contacts -- that is, if you can still muscle up the courage to wear those newfangled eyeball contraptions after reading this story.
RELATED: These "Smart Glasses Can Adjust Automatically to Your Eyesight
 

Hello!

This story reinstated why I don't want to wear contact lenses despite me hating wearing glasses. How could she not notice seriously? I'm glad she had no major infections and permanently lose her vision!

I have worn contacts for years and never had any problems.  I have had a couple eye infections but not sure it was contact related.  This has to be bogus.  There is no way you could get 27 contacts on top of each other.  And there is no way you could see.  If you put 2 in on top of each other your vision is going to be seriously messed up.

[jenniferhoder]

It’s so hard to believe. I get a tiny piece of dust in my eye and I can feel it- how do you not feel 27 layers of something in your eye? People are strange?