老婦眼睛不適就醫，竟取出27枚隱形眼鏡
許多人選擇不戴隱形眼鏡是因爲眼睛受不了異物感，然而英國一名老婦居然眼睛裏帶着27枚隱形眼鏡過了幾十年，卻沒感到任何不適。她一直對眼睛裏的鏡片渾然不覺，直到去年因爲白內障就醫時才被發現。
Medics were astonished to discover that 27 contact lenses had buried themselves behind the eye of a woman who was due to have cataract surgery.
醫生在一位即將進行白內障手術的婦女眼睛內發現了27片隱形眼鏡，驚訝萬分。
The pensioner, 67, was completely unaware that the lenses were missing and told surgeons she thought the discomfort was simply down to her old age.
這名67歲的患者完全沒意識到自己的眼睛裏有隱形眼鏡，還告訴醫生說她以爲自己眼睛不舒服是因爲上了年紀。
Medics initially found 17 contact lenses - but then discovered a further 10 on a second inspection.
醫生起初在她眼睛內先發現了17枚隱形眼鏡，而在隨後的第二次檢查中，又發現了另外10枚。
'None of us has ever seen this before,' Specialist trainee ophthalmologist, Rupal Morjaria, told Optometry Today.
實習眼科醫師魯泊爾•莫爾賈利阿告訴《今日驗光雜誌》：“我們從來沒見過這種事情。”
'It was such a large mass. All the 17 contact lenses were stuck together. We were really surprised that the patient didn't notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there.'
“這17片隱形眼鏡粘在一起形成的很大一塊異物，會在眼睛內引起相當大的刺激，而病人竟對此毫無感覺，我們也感到很震驚。”
The woman had worn disposable contact lenses for the past 35 years but had not attended regular optometrist appointments.
這位女士使用一次性隱形眼鏡長達35年，但在使用期間她並沒有定期找眼科醫生做常規檢查。
Unfortunately for the pensioner her cataract operation had to be postponed following the surprising discovery.
由於這一驚人的發現，醫生只能推遲該患者的白內障手術。
Ms Morjaria emphasised that publishing the report was important for raising awareness among the general public.
莫爾賈利阿強調說，對此事的報道非常重要，因爲它能引起大衆對這一問題的重視。
Because the lenses were behind the woman's eye for so long, it meant a large amount of bacteria had built up around her conjunctiva.
由於隱形眼鏡在她眼睛內的時間過長，患者結膜周圍可能已經累積了大量細菌。
The case, which took place last November, was published in the British Medical Journal.
這件事發生在去年11月，《英國醫學雜誌》對此事進行了報道。
It had previously been thought not possible to retain so many contact lenses without more severe symptoms.
此前，人們認爲這麼多隱形眼鏡粘在眼睛內勢必會引發嚴重的症狀。
Surprisingly, the patient had not reported any symptoms of the missing contact lenses.
令人驚訝的是，老婦人未曾表示過那些消失（在她眼睛裏）的隱形眼鏡給自己帶來的任何不適。
