Eye dilation

[Sabrina901]

I had my eyes dilated, but I am 19 years old. I want to know what they exactly needed to dilate my eyes for. Secondly, I got my eyes dilated the 27th, it is now the 29th, and my eyes are still quite large. my eyes are usually hazel-blue.
He also used 1% tropicamide, but I had a very bad reaction to it. my heart rate raised to 220, and i threw up and was shaking very badly. Is there anything that the eye doctor can use without making my sensitive heart go so crazy?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

1. Drops are used to give a metter exam, see the inside better and determine glasses RX better.
2. That reaction very unusual with 1% tropicamine. Much more common with 10% or 2.5% neosynephrine. Find out if they used that medication.
3. Yes there are other drops

JCHMD

[des900]

dilate drops make your pupil dilate which will allow your ophthalmologist to see internal structures of eye more clearly.

If your heart rate raised to 220 & blurriness last more than 1 day then you may be oversensitive to that dilate drops,please inform your situation to the ophthalmologist/nurse who did this & he/she may refer you to appropriate GP or hospital & in future always inform them that you are sensitive to some dilate drops.