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SheltieLover

(72,177 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:21 AM Jul 18

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

Ocelot II

(126,319 posts)
3. Yikes!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:27 AM
Jul 18

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

(11,190 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
Jul 18

tears some time back? Manufactured in India if I remember correctly.

Quakerfriend

(5,865 posts)
7. 🙏 for you Sheltie.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:35 AM
Jul 18

- Hope you have emergency eye care services nearby. Please, let us know how it goes.

hlthe2b

(110,816 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
Jul 18

SheltieLover

(72,177 posts)
11. Yes, same pain as when injury occurred
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:41 AM
Jul 18

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

(110,816 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
Jul 18

(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

(37,796 posts)
13. Sending good vibes SheltieLover!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:51 AM
Jul 18

It’s scary to wake up in outrageous pain! Hope he can be seen ASAP!

usonian

(19,380 posts)
31. Quick scan of thread. Artificial Tears.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:18 PM
Jul 18

Please have them checked!
Some are dodgy and they are easily contaminated.

Otherwise, nothing but sympathetic feelings going out.

usonian

(19,380 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
Jul 18

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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