Hello Doctor, my mother (Dilshad, 60 years old) has severe dental infection. The dentist has advised the extraction of around 12 teeth in total (both upper and lower jaw). I am very concerned and want to know if removing upper or lower teeth can have any negative effect or damage on her eyes, vision, or optic nerves. Could you please clarify as an ophthalmologist?
My 3.5 years from the past 2 days started blinking his eyes. Before sleeping and then hard blink once in 5 to 10 mins. He had a cold and cough a week back. Otherwise, he is normal.
I have got conjunctivitis in left eye. I am using Ciplox in the infected eye as per doctor's prescription but now eye has become more red and even hurting while blinking. Please suggest painkillers and other course of medication to deal with this.
After how many days of using steroid drop in eye IOP can rise?? Tonometry test painful?? I hv used steroid drop in march for 3weeks then in may for 4days... May it rise intraocular pressure of my eye??
Water discharge from eyes n Itching in the corner of earlier little bump on lower eyelid corner of the eye. Now outside eye also some itching in night. How to treat it without antibiotics?
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