From Wikipedia,
"A corneal ulcer, or ulcerative keratitis, or eyesore is an inflammatory or more seriously, infective condition of the cornea involving disruption of its epithelial layer with involvement of the corneal stroma. It is a common condition in humans particularly in the tropics and the agrarian societies."
It is commonly caused by chemical injury, contact lenses, dry eyes and infections. For my case, it's believed that I wore my contact lens for too long besides, I usually have dry eyes. Furthermore, I remembered wearing a pair of expired lens.
Symptoms of corneal ulcer are painfulness due to nerve exposure, tearing, squinting, redness and even vision lost of the eye.
So I had this sore eye 3 days ago and still thought that it was just infection, so eyemo would do the job. Until yesterday night when I sensed something wasn't right and decided to seek a doctor the today. So I went to a clinic nearby and the doctor told me it was corneal ulcer and I was asked to go down to SGH A&E.
The diagnosis was done by direct observation under magnified view of slit lamp to reveal the ulcer. And after which, corneal scraping was done and examined under microscope. No, it wasn't painful when the doctor was scraping but it was torturing to force my eye open when the light was shined directly into my eye, and tears kept running down. Instantly, I felt like my degree has gone up. I was fortunate enough that the ulcer did not grew in the center of my iris, if not I'll loss my vision.
Remember to take care of your eyes especially if you're a contact lens user. Do not wear your lenses for too long and remember to change your solution everyday. Changing of container monthly would be good as well.
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