Had a horrible conjunctivitis that lasted for over a month.
During this period, I wore my old spectacles in public. That was a strange period where I look like a baller nerd.
Since I switch to contact lenses, I have been dependant on them whenever i go out.
One thing that interest me during the drama of the infection was reading other people who had a similar infection and their experience of it.
It made me more prepared and have a overall better experience and i would like to reciprocate my story. Hopefully someone, somewhere on earth or jupiter will find this useful.
About 10pm, as i walk passed my sister, she told me my eye was red but i couldn't feel any pain.
I immediately looked it up on a mirror and removed it.
After that I used my phone to watch videos.
Before every video plays, there will be this blank bright white screen that causes a sharp glare and i have to immediately close my eyes.
The pain from the glare would last for about 30seconds and then i could open my eyes.
The next day, it became hard to read. My vision kept going out of focus.
It was seeing spoltches of color and i had to blink a few times to see things clearly.
Besides that, my eye was tearing up. I had running nose before but never had a running eye.
That was when i found out it was not normal and wanted to seek help from a proffesional.
So i went to consult a general practitioner would treated me with anti-biotic eye drops.
2 weeks passed and the condition was the same. So i went back to the doctor.
They didn't have the equipment nor an eye specialist. They referred me to A&E.
In A&E, the specialist was very friendly and asked me questions to find more about the condition.
I remember vaguely some of the questions were:
When did it start happening?
Did you travel within the past month?
Contact lens wearer?
What medication were you previously on?
How's your vision?
He was asking a whole bunch questions, but he was not telling me what was wrong.
I was adviced to wash my hands often, avoid rubbing the eyes and don't share towels.
i was also to dispose previous lenses and solution and it may have been the cause.
I came out of the office not knowing what was wrong with my eye.
I was prescribed another type of anti-biotic and an eye ointment.
At the pharmacy, i didn't know how to put on the eye ointment so i asked the pharmacies who gave me unclear instructions.
Went back home and search and landed up a youtube video on "how to put on an eye ointment".
I found that really useful. So i went to do the exact same thing.
After putting on the ointment, my eye condition was better, just slightly red.
I was suppose to have a follow-up appointment a week after.
Appointment at SNEC a week after, they examined my eye and saw some recovery.
They said that it might be complicated because i am a contact lens wearer.
The specialist started me on optodexine which was a steroid eye drops.
He told me the potential risk and implications that might occur with using steroids.
Because there might be side-effect such as eye pressure which is quite a rare case, i was put under observation and had to come for a weekly check-up
After about 2 weeks, my eye was completely back to normal.
Few days after, it came back now on the other eye.
I waited a few days before going to the doctor.
There were short sharp pain happening every 15minutes following by tears.
It went on like this for 3 days after the visit to the doctor.
A week later visited the doctor, my eye felt better, no pain, just visible red nerves on the cornea.
The specialist checked on my eye and spent about 10mins just writing away on my file.
During that period of time i was left sitting down with nothing to do. I felt bored and helpless
The specialist then stood up and walked away to what seems like the cheif doctor's office and seeked help.
They had a conversation for a few minutes and then i got re-examined by the cheif doctor.
He said there were scars on my cornea.
Naturally it will dissapear overtime but i could seek treatment
I choose to get treatment and he started me on FML(another steroids) and cravit(anti-biotic).
Everything went well from there. In the next appointment, doctor told me there was one spot in my cornea and that I could reduce my intake of both FML and cravit by 1 each week and eventually stop.
Everything seems better now, my eyes feel much fresher than ever before probably due to the constant lubrication and I've been more diligent when it comes to contact lens care. Got an app on my droid to get keep track of when my contact lens is due.
My next appointment is 4months later. Till then, practise good hygiene often and try not to wear contact lenses for an extended hours.(I'm guilty of it alot)
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