Cataracts Treatment

Question by Elizabeth: What have I done to my eye?!?! Completely red and painful. May be contact-lens related…?
Hi everyone

I’m panicking right now like mad… I woke up this morning with a little red blotch on the inner corner of my eye… It was annoying looking but didn’t hurt at all… However over the course of the day it has gotten so much worse that now my whole eye is bloodshot and it has begun to pain, particularly when I move it…

Some of my friends say I have pink eye, but I am scared it might be something worse. I’m a poor college student and haven’t been taking care of myself… I have monthly contact lenses but I can’t afford to get new ones every month.. so I have been using the same pair since SEPTEMBER, and I often make them last 3 or 4 months at a time… also recently I ran out of contact solution so I’ve been re-using the solution in my lens case thing… at least 3 nights at a time..

Is it the contact lens thing..? Today my friend told me doing this could cause some sort of cataract that will make me go blind… I’m scared this is happening to me..

Or could it just be pink eye?

I have a huge dance rehearsal on Saturday and I need to keep wearing these same contact lenses until at least then.

Best answer:

Answer by Seeing Eye
You don’t have a cataract. Cataracts occur on your lens which is inside your eye. You have to follow the instructions for your contacts and change them accordingly or all kinds of garbage will accumulate in them. If you have pink eye (itchy, red, lots of mucus build-up after you sleep) then you should go to the medical center at the university since it is usually a lot cheaper for students. They can give you eye drops. Otherwise, get new solution at the very least.

If it is pink eye and you can’t go to the medical center, use a warm, clean, moist compress on the affected eye. Make sure it is clean.

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Question by Summerwind: anyone have cataract surgery, how painful was it on a scale of 1-10?
thanks my mom is having it tomorrow and she is scared to death *

Best answer:

Answer by Indiana Jones
well i was put under general anesthesia cuz my case was extremely complex so i did not feel anything during the surgery and there was really no pain at all after wards either.

most people only get local anesthesia numbing eye drops and/or a local anesthesia injection in/around the eye. and some people need a sedative to calm their nerves.
its should be painless during the surgery and minimal to zero pain after wards.

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I will probably need one in the near future (next few months) and wanted to know anyone who has recently undergone same (not their grandparents or parents). The field test shows some pre-glaucoma condition in my right eye and a loss of peripheral vision. Also have some eye burning and what feels like a sinus headache in the socket due to the pressure.

Heard there is a new techinque where eye drops are used for an anesthetic effect instead of an injection and the whole process takes just 15 minutes.