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contact lens torn in eye, what shall i do now, advices PLEASE!

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noranora · 21/01/2008 04:47

hi all,
on saturday before taking my dd to swimming class i put my lens on, a moment later i felt uncomfortable and took it out, saw an edge of it missing. i looked everywhere but couldnt see the missing edge.
i put on my glasses and we went swimming, i swam too. on the way back we went to the optician to be looked at. he couldnt see anything in the eye. he told me to come on monday(today) if i feel like there is something there.
i havent worn lenses yet, i feel like there is still something in the eyelid, it may be psycological i dont know.
shall i go to optician or to my gp?
is there a possibilty that it goes to the back of eye? someone told something like that in the past, i dont know, it sounds a bit strange.
did anyone have such experience?
will it come out eventually at the end by itself?
what problems can it cause?
did you still wear lenses while suspicious there might be a piece in your eye?
thank you very much in advance.

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noranora · 27/01/2008 07:00

thanks theUrbanDryad, i guessed so too , otherwise all the eyelashes that came off and everything could go back.
the other thing is its best not to swim with the lenses in the pool i think, like one of the posters said here, i agree with that. it can damage the lens and eye, it can cause the lens to be torn as well.

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BadKitten · 27/01/2008 09:20

Another reason you shouldnt wear contacts while swimming is an organism called Acanthamoeba which can cause severe eye infections. It is found in chlorinated swimming pools as well as else where. My optician got very upset when he found out that I was wearing lenses in the pool. He was kind of ok with me wearing a disposable lens and a pair of goggles as long as I discarded the lenses afterwards.

theUrbanDryad · 27/01/2008 12:44

BadKitten - that's what i do! if i don't wear some sort of correction i'm totally blind and it can be very dangerous (i had to be rescued by a lifeguard when i was a kid cause i couldn't see where the deep water signs were! )

noranora · 27/01/2008 18:33

how about sea? can we wear contact lenses while swimming in the sea?

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BadKitten · 27/01/2008 22:47

noranora - I suspect the answer you would get from your optician would be no cos of the risk of sewage. I have to admit I have done - like TheUrbanDyrad I was a liability if I didnt wear some correction and glasses are rubbish in the sea.
Since my cataract surgery I don't wear contacts but thats a whole different ball game....

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redwards363 · 19/08/2016 08:21

Thank you for all these posts. Have whole contact lense stuck in top of eye..Can't get it out & Was in a 'blind panic' but feel very much encouraged by reading All the advice. I will NOT rush to a+e now! Will try the advice & see what happens. Thank you again!

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