How to flip an eyelid?

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Steve - 19 Oct 2005 07:25 GMT

For roughly 2 weeks it has felt like something is on my eye. It doesn't
hurt, but it's irritating. I would like to look under my eyelid but don't
know how to flip it.

Safe to do? How do you do it?

Thanks

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Dom - 19 Oct 2005 10:32 GMT

> For roughly 2 weeks it has felt like something is on my eye. It doesn't
> hurt, but it's irritating. I would like to look under my eyelid but don't
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>
> Thanks

Pretty safe to do.

With one hand, grab your eyelashes between finger & thumb. With the
other hand using either a fingertip or a cotton bud, push down on the
centre of the eyelid (from the top) and simultaneously pull the
eyelashes slightly up.

But even with a slit lamp microscope it can be hard to see any tiny
foreign object under your eyelid, so with the naked eye it could be
impossible.

Also, there are lots of other causes of irritation besides foreign
objects. Why don't you want to get someone else to look at it?

Dom

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Dick Adams - 19 Oct 2005 15:22 GMT

> ... there are lots of other causes of irritation besides foreign
> objects. Why don't you want to get someone else to look at it?

It is very difficult to find anybody to remove eye motes. When I
was a kid, there was a lady who lived next door who could do it.
She had a way of folding the lid over a wooden match. Wooden
matches are now almost nonexistent. I think that she had very good
eyesight, because one deft dab with a shaped cotton swab would
usually do it. Almost no one has good eyesight anymore.

You can make an appointment with an eye Dr. Maybe he can see
you tomorrow or the next day. (Chances are that your regular
Dr. does not do eyes.) You could try going to an emergency
room.

Last time, for a persistent case, I got a prescription for some eye
drops for which the co-pay was $20. Whatever it was, it could not
been seen. Dr. co-pay was $10. My emergency-room co-pay is
$35.

Most things, fortunately, succeed to get blinked away.

--
Dicky

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Wooly - 19 Oct 2005 20:36 GMT

> Wooden
>matches are now almost nonexistent.

Then why does my local Mega-Low-Mart sell them by the case?
Strike-Anywhere matches are harder to find, but wooden strike-on-box
matches are everywhere.

> Almost no one has good eyesight anymore.

My near vision is quite good, thanks.

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Dan Abel - 19 Oct 2005 21:21 GMT

> > Wooden
> >matches are now almost nonexistent.
>
> Then why does my local Mega-Low-Mart sell them by the case?
> Strike-Anywhere matches are harder to find, but wooden strike-on-box
> matches are everywhere.

Maybe for the same reason that nobody is doing anything about
accommodative problems and progressive myopia?

Now that you mention it, every place I've ever bought matches had wooden
matches.

> > Almost no one has good eyesight anymore.
>
> My near vision is quite good, thanks.

Another sign of advancing age is the observation that things aren't
nearly as good as they used to be.

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Petaluma, California, USA

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Jan - 19 Oct 2005 20:23 GMT

> For roughly 2 weeks it has felt like something is on my eye. It doesn't
> hurt, but it's irritating. I would like to look under my eyelid but don't
> know how to flip it.
>
> Safe to do? How do you do it?

See your eyecarespecialist.
Maybe it is not a foreign body on/in the inside surface of your upper-eyelid
but a (C)GPC (Contactlens related, Giant Papillaris Conjunctivitis)
especialy when wearing contactlenses.
For the majority of people it is not easy to flip there eyelids and if
possible, to discover a foreign body.

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Jan (normally Dutch spoken)

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Autymn D. C. - 20 Oct 2005 01:24 GMT

there -> their

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Jan - 20 Oct 2005 09:12 GMT

> there -> their

Thank you for the correction.
And no, it is not a dyslexia matter.

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Jan (normally Dutch spoken)

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