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Difficulty In Opening And Closing Eyes, Feeling Like Something Struck, Small White Dot In Iris. Eye Infection?

Hello!
I just happened to wake up from a nap and my right eye was incredibly irritated. I thought it was just a normal dry-eye case, but no amount of eyedrops nor contact solution seemed to help. It's painful to close and open my eye, and it feels like something is stuck in it. I looked closer and saw a small white dot in the upper right of my iris. My guess is that I got an eye infection? I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Mon, 29 Apr 2013
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Hello

It appears that you are suffering from phlyctenular conjunctivitis. For this you need to take some steroidal eye drops 3 times a day and some anti-inflammatory tablets twice a day for about 1 week. Steroid drops should be tapered off slowly at interval of 3 days.

Once you get well, you can use lubricating eye drops which will add to comfort in your eye.

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Difficulty In Opening And Closing Eyes, Feeling Like Something Struck, Small White Dot In Iris. Eye Infection?

Hello It appears that you are suffering from phlyctenular conjunctivitis. For this you need to take some steroidal eye drops 3 times a day and some anti-inflammatory tablets twice a day for about 1 week. Steroid drops should be tapered off slowly at interval of 3 days. Once you get well, you can use lubricating eye drops which will add to comfort in your eye. Regards