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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Stephen Hamilton
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
Unfortunately no: Atropine can take a week to washout. There is really not much that will help but waiting.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. George Yanik
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
Abrasion: Your abrasions should be healed by now I would think. You could have red eyes from the tobramycin. See your ophthalmologist
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Bensinger
Ophthalmology 54 years experience
Go for it: A sleep mask will not disturb the healing of the cornea. Your eyes will be closed under it and the cornea will fix itself with no issues.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Dahl
Ophthalmology 57 years experience
No direct effect: If the use of marijuana impairs your ability to use your eye drops, healing might be negatively effected. In addition, the use of marijuana may decre... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Tim Conrad
Ophthalmology 36 years experience
Yes: You can use lubricating ointment, like refresh pm or lacrilube, (artificial tears) to soothe your eye. Keeping it closed helps as well.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Alfred H. Rivera
Ophthalmology 42 years experience
Depends: The best treatment is whichever treatment your eye doctor feels most comfortable with. Depending on when they trained is the treatment that one will r... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bruce Saran
Ophthalmology 35 years experience
A few possibilities: This could be due to allergies, dry eyes, or eye infections. All can start or affect 1 eye first. The treatments are very different. For allergies, ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ari Weitzner
Ophthalmology 35 years experience
Keep eye closed: Less blink- less pain.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Kim
Dr. John Kimanswered
Ophthalmology 24 years experience
Usually in 1-2 days.: Most scratches in the eye is to the cornea. It is very sensitive and thus painful. Fortunately, they tend to heal very fast. Most within a day and d... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Luis Villaplana
Internal Medicine 37 years experience
WE TREAT TO PROTECT: The cornea, shield it and treat it with eye drops to decrease inflammation and prevent infection.
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