PATIENT INFORMATION
General Instructions for patients after an eye operation.
The instructions hereunder are prepared to provide general information and advice regarding your eye condition and are designed to provide you with a guide on how to look after your eye.
These guidelines on eye care cannot of course be exhaustive and taking these precautions may not prevent complications altogether. However, they serve as a useful guide to you in caring for your eye after an operation and may help to reduce risks, which could contribute to complications.
EMERGENCIES
If you should experience
- Significant pain, not relieved by medication
- Severe swelling/ redness of the eye and excessive discharges
- Sudden drop in vision
Please call us at Tel: (01) 493684, 493775 during office hours.
Follow-up Appointment
Remember to keep your appointment with the doctor as follow-up care is crucial in preventing post operative complications.
CARE FOR YOUR EYE
- Keep the eye covered till the next day
- Do not apply any eye drops/ ointment to the operated eye on the day of operation.
- The ward nurse will remove your pad/ shield the next day. She will clean your eye and instill eye drops/ ointment for you. Meanwhile, she will show you and your family members how to instill the eye drops and advise you on eye care.
- There may be slight redness and swelling and your vision may be blurred, but this effect will gradually disappear.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
- Avoid rubbing the eye or close it too tightly or apply any pressure on it for six (6) weeks.
- Mild pain may be relieved by analgesics prescribed to you by your surgeon.
- You may experience discomfort in your eye due to the sutures and this feeling may persist.
- Avoid swimming until your doctor gives you permission.
- Avoid getting soap and water into the eye lid when you wash your face.
- You may experience blood stained discharges for the first few days - just wipe it off with clean tissues.
- You must use the shield to cover your eye at night for 3 to 4 weeks to proTIO t accidental rubbing of the eye.
- You may resume washing your hair the salon way by tilting your head slightly backwards.
- Avoid vigorous coughing and sneezing.
- No specific sleeping position. You can lie in any comfortable position. However, avoid pressure on the operated eye.
MEDICATIONS
- Take medication as prescribed.
- Apply eye drops/ ointment using the following TIO hnique:
- shake the bottle, remove the cap
- Pull the lower lid down hold the bottle close but without touching the lashes
- Instill a drop or about 1/2" of the ointment in the cul-de-sac
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