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SheltieLover

(71,822 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:21 AM Friday

Healing vibes needed please. Updated

Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:25 PM - Edit history (1)

Gs sustsined eye injury some months ago.

Dr. found nothing wrong with eye.

Yesterday, eye was fine. He slept a couple of hours & woke up with outrageous pain.

He has a very high pain threshold, once went through molar root canal without anesthesia.

Please help?

Ty!

On edit: eye began to feel better aboit 3 hrs after he got out of bed. Call in to dr. No clue why this keeps happening. Ty all so much!

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Healing vibes needed please. Updated (Original Post) SheltieLover Friday OP
Done, Sheltie. Keep us posted. Hang in there. Scrivener7 Friday #1
Tyvm SheltieLover Friday #4
Sounds scary. pandr32 Friday #2
Ty SheltieLover Friday #5
Yikes! Ocelot II Friday #3
No contacts & he uses artificial tears SheltieLover Friday #6
I hope the cause is found and he gets relief. Wasn't there a recall of eye drops and artificial LoisB Friday #38
🙏 for you Sheltie. Quakerfriend Friday #7
Ty SheltieLover Friday #8
Best wishes to you both, SheltieLover... Is his pain eye-origin again? I certainly hope he gets the care he needs. hlthe2b Friday #9
Yes, same pain as when injury occurred SheltieLover Friday #11
As has been mentioned, corneal abrasions are intensely painful so I'm sure they will stain his eye to check hlthe2b Friday #15
Tyvm! SheltieLover Friday #17
Pursue if the conditions stays the same or worsens. no_hypocrisy Friday #10
Ty SheltieLover Friday #12
Sending good vibes SheltieLover! Diamond_Dog Friday #13
Tyvm SheltieLover Friday #18
I am so sorry jmbar2 Friday #14
Tyvm SheltieLover Friday #19
Sending!!! 2naSalit Friday #16
Maybe. Tyvm SheltieLover Friday #20
On the way SheltieLover bronxiteforever Friday #21
Ty SheltieLover Friday #22
Healing thoughts to Gs, Sheltie. 💙 sheshe2 Friday #23
Ty, She SheltieLover Friday #26
I wish you both the very best SheltieLover JMCKUSICK Friday #24
Thx, John. SheltieLover Friday #27
Sent !!! Karadeniz Friday #25
Tyvm SheltieLover Friday #28
Oh dear! Any eye pain is awful. MontanaMama Friday #29
Ty! Will do! It's better for now. SheltieLover Friday #30
Quick scan of thread. Artificial Tears. usonian Friday #31
Ty oh I know I was terrified to choose artif tears SheltieLover Friday #32
An ophthalmologist recommended Systane Night. B&L Soothe is similar. (I think I got those names right) usonian Friday #34
Sending well wishes vibes peacebuzzard Friday #33
Ty SheltieLover Friday #36
I hope he continues to improve SL Prayers and vibes. 58Sunliner Friday #35
Ty SheltieLover Friday #37

Ocelot II

(126,086 posts)
3. Yikes!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:27 AM
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Does he wear contact lenses, or does he have dry eyes? I've had a corneal abrasion from contact lenses and it was extremely painful; also dry eyes can cause a lot of pain, or could be a flare-up from the old injury. Obviously he needs to see an ophthalmologist asap, hope he's OK soon!

LoisB

(11,104 posts)
38. I hope the cause is found and he gets relief. Wasn't there a recall of eye drops and artificial
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 06:41 PM
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tears some time back? Manufactured in India if I remember correctly.

Quakerfriend

(5,862 posts)
7. 🙏 for you Sheltie.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:35 AM
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- Hope you have emergency eye care services nearby. Please, let us know how it goes.

hlthe2b

(110,698 posts)
9. Best wishes to you both, SheltieLover... Is his pain eye-origin again? I certainly hope he gets the care he needs.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:37 AM
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SheltieLover

(71,822 posts)
11. Yes, same pain as when injury occurred
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:41 AM
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Maybe muscles irritated from REM?

Although, dr. said muscles tested perfect. Slight astigmatism, so I got him glasses with Transition lenses.

I will call eye dr. again today.

Ty

hlthe2b

(110,698 posts)
15. As has been mentioned, corneal abrasions are intensely painful so I'm sure they will stain his eye to check
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:00 AM
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(after appropriately numbing the eye with proparacaine)... It sounds like he has dry eye syndrome, so that does put him at special risk of surface corneal injury. Those who have ever worn HARD contact lenses have undoubtedly experienced that intense pain, and even though he doesn't, these surface injuries can occur for a lot of other reasons, including foreign bodies, styes, etc.

So, while it could certainly be something else, I would think that they would want to rule this out. Even ER docs would/should do the evaluation above for acute pain, no matter how much they want to refer to ophthalmologists.

Good luck!

Diamond_Dog

(37,657 posts)
13. Sending good vibes SheltieLover!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:51 AM
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It’s scary to wake up in outrageous pain! Hope he can be seen ASAP!

usonian

(19,166 posts)
31. Quick scan of thread. Artificial Tears.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:18 PM
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Please have them checked!
Some are dodgy and they are easily contaminated.

Otherwise, nothing but sympathetic feelings going out.

usonian

(19,166 posts)
34. An ophthalmologist recommended Systane Night. B&L Soothe is similar. (I think I got those names right)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:32 PM
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They both contain only mineral oil and petrolatum to different percentages.

Check contents, anyway.

No chemicals otherwise. I use them every night to keep eyes moist.

And of course, all drops need to be kept sterile, even if that's not actually doable by humans.

HTH, even in a small way.

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