Peice of contact stuck in my eye...

[DrumminBoy]

and it hurts!! It's been in there since this morning when my contact ripped. I wore my glasses to school hoping it would come out sometime during the day, but its still in there. Any recommendations on how to get it out?

 

[PowerMacG5]

See an eye doctor immediately.

 

[MustangSVT]

hmm my guess is u slept with it?

go see a doctor!

 

[JayPatel]

you gotta get it flushed out, preferably by a doctor, or at the hospital

 

[Ikonomi]

Pull your eyelid away from your eye and roll your eye to the side opposite where the piece is stuck, and flush it with contact solution or some other sort of eye drops. Don't try to flush it with water because it'll make the contact adhere to your eye.

After that doesn't work, see a doctor.

 

[darkeneddays]

Had this happen to me at work once. Half my contect ripped and rolled back up into the top of my eyelid. Flushing it and fishing for it never worked.
Went to the emergency room. Doctor put some yellow gunk in my eye(so he could see the the contact) lifted my eyelid and fished it out with a tiny Qtip.

Not sure what you are waiting for, after 20 minutes of trying to get it out it was so irritating I said "fvck it" and went to the ER. I suggest ya do the same.

 

[upsciLLion]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
See an eye doctor immediately.

 

[DrumminBoy]

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
hmm my guess is u slept with it?

go see a doctor!

nope, the strange thing was it ripped when I was putting it in.

Doctors...eek.

 

[Regine]

Originally posted by: DrumminBoy

Originally posted by: MustangSVT
hmm my guess is u slept with it?

go see a doctor!

nope, the strange thing was it ripped when I was putting it in.

Doctors...eek.

Would you rather see a doctor or risk damaging your eye?

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: darkeneddays
Had this happen to me at work once. Half my contect ripped and rolled back up into the top of my eyelid. Flushing it and fishing for it never worked.
Went to the emergency room. Doctor put some yellow gunk in my eye(so he could see the the contact) lifted my eyelid and fished it out with a tiny Qtip.

Not sure what you are waiting for, after 20 minutes of trying to get it out it was so irritating I said "fvck it" and went to the ER. I suggest ya do the same.

That yellow stuff is AWESOME. If you blow your nose after they dye your eye, the snot is flourescent yellow. It rules.

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: darkeneddays
Had this happen to me at work once. Half my contect ripped and rolled back up into the top of my eyelid. Flushing it and fishing for it never worked.
Went to the emergency room. Doctor put some yellow gunk in my eye(so he could see the the contact) lifted my eyelid and fished it out with a tiny Qtip.

Not sure what you are waiting for, after 20 minutes of trying to get it out it was so irritating I said "fvck it" and went to the ER. I suggest ya do the same.

That yellow stuff is AWESOME. If you blow your nose after they dye your eye, the snot is flourescent yellow. It rules.

okay, that's gross.

 

[DrumminBoy]

thanks guys, looks like I'll be taking a trip to the ER in the morning.

 

[Vonkhan]

spray some mace into ur eye ... the tears will flush out the thingie







what?! he axd for advice, didn't he???!

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Pull your eyelid away from your eye and roll your eye to the side opposite where the piece is stuck, and flush it with contact solution or some other sort of eye drops. Don't try to flush it with water because it'll make the contact adhere to your eye.

After that doesn't work, see a doctor.

that's what i've done in the past.

 

[LSUfan]

Flush it out if you can even if it's tap water. You will have irritation even after its gone. Your epithelium (The top layers of cells on your cornea) has been scracthed. It will feel like it is still there. Try to close your eyes and get some sleep it will heal on it's own. An ointment for eyes might help with the iritation if you have one and cant sleep

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
See an eye doctor immediately.

 

[Rubicante]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

That yellow stuff is AWESOME. If you blow your nose after they dye your eye, the snot is flourescent yellow. It rules.

got into a fight a few years back, ripped my contact into about 5 pieces but didnt damage my eye beyond the scratching caused by the chunks of contact lens rolling around in my eye.

but that yellow stuff was freaking amazing.

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: Rubicante

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

That yellow stuff is AWESOME. If you blow your nose after they dye your eye, the snot is flourescent yellow. It rules.

got into a fight a few years back, ripped my contact into about 5 pieces but didnt damage my eye beyond the scratching caused by the chunks of contact rolling around in my eye.

but that yellow stuff was freaking amazing.

floursceine (yellow stuff) used for staining the cornea. And many other uses

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Linux23

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: darkeneddays
Had this happen to me at work once. Half my contect ripped and rolled back up into the top of my eyelid. Flushing it and fishing for it never worked.
Went to the emergency room. Doctor put some yellow gunk in my eye(so he could see the the contact) lifted my eyelid and fished it out with a tiny Qtip.

Not sure what you are waiting for, after 20 minutes of trying to get it out it was so irritating I said "fvck it" and went to the ER. I suggest ya do the same.

That yellow stuff is AWESOME. If you blow your nose after they dye your eye, the snot is flourescent yellow. It rules.

okay, that's gross.

Why would you want to dye your eye yellow??

 

[CraigRT]

don't listen to these people.. just use eye drops and blink lots and it will come out

i've had that happen twice and i've never had to go in for it

 

[Hammer]

happened to me. i couldn't get it out. i tried everything everyone in this post had said, and after messing with it for a while it went under my eyelid. had to go to my eye doctor, she put that yellow stuff to stain the eye, found it, and she was able to get it out after about 15 minutes. she gave me some drops to make sure it didn't get infected. soooooo.... go to your eye doctor.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
don't listen to these people.. just use eye drops and blink lots and it will come out

i've had that happen twice and i've never had to go in for it

Depends on how comfortable he is digging around on his eyeball. After over 10 years of wearing contacts, I think I can touch my eyeball all day and not blink.

Depends on where it is as well.

 

[FrOsTxxbYtE]

just see a doctor so he can get it out quickly

 

[PowerMacG5]

So what happened? You said you were going to the ER this morning.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: Linux23

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: darkeneddays
Had this happen to me at work once. Half my contect ripped and rolled back up into the top of my eyelid. Flushing it and fishing for it never worked.
Went to the emergency room. Doctor put some yellow gunk in my eye(so he could see the the contact) lifted my eyelid and fished it out with a tiny Qtip.

Not sure what you are waiting for, after 20 minutes of trying to get it out it was so irritating I said "fvck it" and went to the ER. I suggest ya do the same.

That yellow stuff is AWESOME. If you blow your nose after they dye your eye, the snot is flourescent yellow. It rules.

okay, that's gross.

Why would you want to dye your eye yellow??

it allows them to shine in a light, blue color, unsure what it actually is, maybe ultraviolet, and i believe they can then see the differences in reflection on your eyes, to see where it is scratched (i had mdf in my eye and one morning i couldnt even open my eye it hurt so bad)

MIKE