Continued ouch

[simont]

Walking back from the shops yesterday, a freak gust of wind blew a handful of grit into my face, and I got a bit in each eye. Eyes continued to sting until I got home; when I did, I looked in the mirror and discovered that the grit itself was apparently long gone but had left lasting irritations on the eyelids.

I hoped a good night's sleep would dispel these, but apparently not. My eyes still sting this morning, I'm in serious doubt as to whether I'm going to be sensibly able to stare at a monitor all day in the course of my job, and I'm seriously wishing I'd worn mad-scientist goggles to go shopping yesterday because there are easily worse things than looking daft for a couple of hours.

Perhaps I shouldn't have read so much Garfield yesterday; I now can't think of a more appropriate way to end this entry than ‘Helloooo, Monday’.

Comments

[saraphale.livejournal.com]

You may find the grit is just smaller than you expect, and still there. It will wash out of its own accord soon enough. I get this occasionally, especially since I wear contact lens. Sometimes, the grit or fluff will come out with the lens and I can clean it from there, but if it stays in then pulling the eyelid forward so that it's not in contact with the eye, then rolling the eye around, can help free things up.

An impromptu eye bath often helps, too. Clean luke-warm tap water works fine, just make sure the sink is very clean first.

[vyvyan.livejournal.com]

That sounds nasty. Maybe you should get your eyes checked out by a doctor - you might have scratched the eyeball. I think that can leave scarring, which would be bad.

[saraphale.livejournal.com]

I have corneal scarring from wearing gas permeable contact lens for over ten years, it's something to avoid, but not all that bad if you have it.

If you can't get a quick doctor's appointment, opticians are usually quite helpful if you go in and say "I think I've got something in my eye" - they've got the right sort of kit to check, and enough basic training.

[simonb.livejournal.com]

It could be a good plan to get your eyes checked out by an optician; the last time ejde had something in her eyes her opticians (David Cludlow) were quite happy to look at and then remove the annoying tinsy-winey bit of blue fluff from her eye.

[aidehua.livejournal.com]

Hmmm: It has recently been pleasant and dry, followed by a period of being pleasant and windy. As such, an uncommon number of people have dusty eyes (inc. me). You have my sympathy: it's particularly irritating having irritated eyes.