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Lump on caruncle
I have had a lump on my left caruncle for about two months now. I've gone to two eye doctors, the first one just said it doesn't have any signs of infection and recommended warm compresses and those didn't help at all, the second prescribed me steriod eye drops which also haven't really been helping.
The mass changes from looking very red and shiny to pink and like it's dried up. It's on the very inner corner of my eye and isn't SUPER noticeable until I pull the skin towards my other eye. It doesn't really hurt, sometimes it will be slightly irritating, like a hair in the corner of my eye, but most of the time it doesn't bother me. I don't have any abnormal discharge and it doesn't affect my vision at all.
I'm concerned this could be a cold sore, as I get them on my lips, but everything I've read about ocular cold sores suggests that it usually only affects the cornea, and also a cold sore would've healed and gone away by now.
The mass changes from looking very red and shiny to pink and like it's dried up. It's on the very inner corner of my eye and isn't SUPER noticeable until I pull the skin towards my other eye. It doesn't really hurt, sometimes it will be slightly irritating, like a hair in the corner of my eye, but most of the time it doesn't bother me. I don't have any abnormal discharge and it doesn't affect my vision at all.
I'm concerned this could be a cold sore, as I get them on my lips, but everything I've read about ocular cold sores suggests that it usually only affects the cornea, and also a cold sore would've healed and gone away by now.
I know this question was asked in 2016 and it’s 2018 now, but for those who are curious, I have the same problem too. I realised that it is caused by bacteria in The Eye and it mostly occurs for people who wore contacts overnight or for a Long period of time (I also heard that it can be caused when you wear contacts that are almost expired/ expired). This is called corneal infection and it can happen when there is a foreign object in your eyes as well. I think that those who have corneal infection should immediately see a doctor as if it’s severe, it may cause blindness. If it’s minor, the doctor will probably provide medicated eye drops. I will be going to the Doctors tomorrow to check and yes this happened to me as I wore my contacts for 16+ hours, don’t do that!
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Good advice.
It's not a cold sore (herpes simplex) as they neither look or behave like that. Hopefully one or both of the 'eye doctors' you saw were Eye MD ophthalmologists. If not you need to see an Eye MD not an OD optometrist for a definitive diagnosis.
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