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Maybe the #100 sunblock wasn't such a good idea. I had to keep my hand over my eye as a de facto eye patch for several hours.
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I did not receive your PM and would like to see it. Would you mind resending? The resort doc was recommending a hospital visit at the time--it was that serious.
Moved to Diving Medicine, maybe some of the docs can chime in.
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Question: Would the eye problem be related to the ear problem? If not, what else could have caused this? I never want to be in that kind of avoidable pain again, so I am pretty concerned.
Thanks in advance for any guidance!
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Or you could have scratched your cornea sometime before entering the water and combination of sea water and suntan lotion increased the irritation. I'm surprised the doctor didn't give you an eye patch.
Kinda of old school there...ie the patching.......First of all I'm glad to hear that the eye issue has resolved.
Second, the eye and ear symptoms are almost certainly unrelated. Since the eye problem has resolved, finding the exact cause may be difficult but from your discription I think the others are correct that this was some type of eye irritation and quite possibly what amounts to a chemical conjunctivitis from the sunblock. Did the resort doctor use a stain to check the eye? Some abrasions are large enough to be seen without stain but often it takes a dye (fluorescein) and a certain light to show a corneal abrasion.
Chilly, eye patches are no longer routinely used for corneal abrasions.
Quick question, why wouldn't it be easier for the patient to wear an eye patch than to be walking around holding it with his hand?
Too bad OP didn't see you instead of hotel doctor. or perhaps he just needed a better pair of sunglasses.