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target "tilex fresh shower" clone in eye?

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Dan Stromberg - 11 Jun 2005 05:33 GMT
Hi folks.

On May 28th, I suspect I got some floating mist from a Target-brand shower
cleaner in my right eye, which is intended to work much like "tilex fresh
shower".

By the next day, my right eyelid was swollen and red.  I have pictures
taken on the 29th, if anyone thinks that might help pin down what's going
on with my eye.

Anyway, on the 29th, I had a pretty bad headache, I could barely open my
eyes for the discomfort, and my right eye wouldn't focus well.

Today is June 10th, and although the pain is entirely gone, my right eye
still won't focus well.  I finally got in to see my opthalmologist today,
who presumably had been taught never to say "Hmmmm...  That's funny", but
also apparently had never seen anything like this.

Toward the end of the visit, he told me I had 5 milky-white, pretty small
spots on my right cornea, and that they would not moisten as well as the
rest of my right eye.

Well, some googling shows that this tilex stuff works through a "sheeting
action", which I'm guessing means that it keeps water from standing where
the stuff has been applied, to deter mildew from growing in the moisture
in your shower.

Could the tilex-clone be related to my eye trouble?  Is there any way of
getting this "stuff" out of my eye?  Should I see a more specialized
specialist than an opthalmologist?

BTW, the opthalmologist tells me that I can still see well with suitable
correction, but he agreed that my right eye had gotten drastically worse
since my last prescription.

Thanks immensely for any ideas or leads you might have for me, however
remote or spot-on they may be!
Dr Judy - 11 Jun 2005 18:36 GMT
> Hi folks.
>
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> getting this "stuff" out of my eye?  Should I see a more specialized
> specialist than an opthalmologist?

You likely have burned your corneas with the Tilex, it may heal with time or
it may be as healed as it will get.  Unfortunately, the time to have seen
someone was the day it happened, not 2 weeks later.  The "stuff" is out of
your eyes, what is left is damaged tissue.  Possibly the corneal damage
caused the refractive error change

If you or anyone else gets a chemical cleaning agent in the eye, first aid
is to immediately rinse eye under running water from the tap for 20 minutes,
then get to Emergency room.

Dr Judy

> BTW, the opthalmologist tells me that I can still see well with suitable
> correction, but he agreed that my right eye had gotten drastically worse
> since my last prescription.
>
> Thanks immensely for any ideas or leads you might have for me, however
> remote or spot-on they may be!
 
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