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The white of my eye changed shape upon irritation - what is this?
First I would like to ask that you would bear with me on the description of my symptoms - I am really struggling with how to describe it.
This morning I felt as if I had an eyelash in my left eye. So like usual, I rolled my eye around, rinsed with drops, looked for whatever was causing the irritation, but couldn't find anything. It wasn't too annoying, so I just left it alone, and figured the object would work its way out of my eye.
Then after about 30 minutes I felt more irritation on the left side of my left eye. I pressed my lower lid against the area in an upward motion (gentley) hoping that whatever was floating around would move so I could see it. When I did that, the irritated area of the white part of my eye moved with my eyelid and became raised up - like it didn't have normal resistance. It felt very soft and plyable. I thought it was just an optical illusion - maybe the lighting caused my eye to look as if it were changing shape as I pressed on it - but then I let my eyelid down and looked at my eye and the white part stayed where I pressed it. After blinking several times the "mushy" area went back to it's normal shape - but was still mushy. I then realized that the irritation I was feeling was not a hair in my eye - it was the mushy area moving around or changing shape that made me feel like something was there! The area seemed swolen or inflamed and mishapen.
This really freaked me out. I have had this same experience in the past, but always thought that my eye wasn't changing shape, it was just the way it looked due to the irritation. I never pushed on it or touched it, I just rinsed it out and left it alone - eventually the irritation would stop. This time however, I actually saw the effected area change shape and return to normal shape after blinking. This happened several hours ago, and right now it is still sore and slightly red - but I can not make it change shape again. It seems to have returned to its normal resistant state.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be?
Thanks for your help!
This morning I felt as if I had an eyelash in my left eye. So like usual, I rolled my eye around, rinsed with drops, looked for whatever was causing the irritation, but couldn't find anything. It wasn't too annoying, so I just left it alone, and figured the object would work its way out of my eye.
Then after about 30 minutes I felt more irritation on the left side of my left eye. I pressed my lower lid against the area in an upward motion (gentley) hoping that whatever was floating around would move so I could see it. When I did that, the irritated area of the white part of my eye moved with my eyelid and became raised up - like it didn't have normal resistance. It felt very soft and plyable. I thought it was just an optical illusion - maybe the lighting caused my eye to look as if it were changing shape as I pressed on it - but then I let my eyelid down and looked at my eye and the white part stayed where I pressed it. After blinking several times the "mushy" area went back to it's normal shape - but was still mushy. I then realized that the irritation I was feeling was not a hair in my eye - it was the mushy area moving around or changing shape that made me feel like something was there! The area seemed swolen or inflamed and mishapen.
This really freaked me out. I have had this same experience in the past, but always thought that my eye wasn't changing shape, it was just the way it looked due to the irritation. I never pushed on it or touched it, I just rinsed it out and left it alone - eventually the irritation would stop. This time however, I actually saw the effected area change shape and return to normal shape after blinking. This happened several hours ago, and right now it is still sore and slightly red - but I can not make it change shape again. It seems to have returned to its normal resistant state.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be?
Thanks for your help!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hat, sunglasses. There are no cosmetics for the eyeball to cover discoloration.
JCH MD
JCH MD
my eyes have an allergic reaction,its sensitive to sun exposure and am wondering what can i used to make my sclera looks clearer
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
ATry and get in to see an Eye MD today. Find one atg www.aao.org
JCH III MD
JCH III MD
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