How to remove microscopic glass remnant from eye

[colebutcher6]

I had glass shatter in my eye about a week ago and had the majority of it removed but it was a process of constantly washing it and going to the ophthalmologist to get it out. However there is still one very very small piece left. I know it is a foreign body because it moves around every time I blink, and in some places it irritates my eye more than others. I’ve been rinsing daily extremely thoroughly and trying to swab with a q tip and the ophthalmologist couldn’t get it out and could not see it (probably because it is constantly moving.) It feels like it exists in the very deepest seen of my eye socket between the corners of back of the ball and the eye lid. It will oscillate around the perimeter of my eye like this constantly as I blink, and sometimes quickly. I feel like at the point I can’t do anything to get it out except for to find some time way to deeply vacuum out my eye. No amount of rinsing with eye wash or water can remove this shard. It for some reason is suction cupped on my eye and instead just gets pushed around. It is very stressful to have something that feels like a sharp grain of sand in your all the time and would please like any help any one can offer. Even if that means I would have to cry it out. (like full in balling) thank you

[JohnHaganMD]

If the ophthalmologist has a partner or associate ask them to look.  Depending on the circumstances of the injury you may need CT of the socket when can usually see glass (normally X ray will not)  By double flipping the lid and use dyes to stain the eye and wiping out the upper and lower cul-de-sac it should be possible to remove any surface foreign body.