In the early stage after glaucoma surgery, it is normal to have a foreign body sensation in the eye.
Glaucoma is a common disease in ophthalmology, which is usually caused by elevated intraocular pressure, and will cause pressure on the optic nerve. Untreated glaucoma will lead to optic nerve atrophy, visual field loss and other hazards, and in serious cases, even cause blindness.
Glaucoma patients usually need to be treated by surgery, early after surgery patients have eye foreign body sensation is a normal phenomenon, because at this time the surgical incision has not yet healed, the incision site has a suture stimulation, will cause eye foreign body sensation, usually one week to two weeks after the operation to remove the suture, the incision is completely healed, the foreign body sensation will disappear.
In addition, conjunctival edema, glaucoma surgery implanted drainage valve can cause foreign body sensation. Glaucoma patients with symptoms of eye discomfort after surgery should be promptly reviewed by the doctor to make a judgment and guide the treatment.