What is this thing on my eyeball?

[Gunner S]

I Got a White Lump right on my eyeball, not the lid but the actual eye

its a small lump, about the size of a grain of salt surround but red vein like things

i noticed it about 2 days ago and it was just a bunch of pink lines

what the fuck should i do
http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk336/WCDMXNAS/PICT0006.jpg

[Dr Steve]

I Got a White Lump right on my eyeball, not the lid but the actual eye

its a small lump, about the size of a grain of salt surround but red vein like things

i noticed it about 2 days ago and it was just a bunch of pink lines

what the fuck should i do
http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk336/WCDMXNAS/PICT0006.jpg

Gunner:

Can you get me a photo that's in focus? I can tell I'm looking at an eye, and that's about it.

I'm guessing you have some sort of corneal inclusion, maybe a reaction to a foreign body like a piece of sand stuck on your eyeball. I'd go see an eye doctor as soon as possible. An Ophthalmologist is a medical doctor specially trained in eye problems...an Optometrist is an "eye doctor" but not a medical doctor. Either one could examine your eye and both could probably make the diagnosis. Depending on the treatment, though, you may need an ophthalmologist rather than an optometrist (if, say, some sort of surgery was involved).

If you get me a better photo, I'll show it to one of my ophth friends and see what they say.


your friend,


Steve

[donnie_darko]

macro...all digital cameras have it..you need to find out how to use it...and take another photo..help dr steve helpyou

[Gunner S]

This is about the best i got. I tried numerous different angles and lights but this has the best outcome

it is the small patch of yellow semi visible, this morning it looked almost exactly like a small white zit.

http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk336/WCDMXNAS/PICT0008.jpg


its really hard to get as a picture because its about the size of a grain of sand. the red has been there for about 3 days while the dot just appeared this morning. I went to a Regular doctor and he just said "sleep".


http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk336/WCDMXNAS/PICT0087.jpg

[Dr Steve]

This is about the best i got. I tried numerous different angles and lights but this has the best outcome

it is the small patch of yellow semi visible, this morning it looked almost exactly like a small white zit.

http://i308.photobucket.com/albums/kk336/WCDMXNAS/PICT0008.jpg


its really hard to get as a picture because its about the size of a grain of sand. the red has been there for about 3 days while the dot just appeared this morning. I went to a Regular doctor and he just said "sleep".




hmmmm....it's really hard to say, but it's easy to tell you what to do! Go see an eye doctor TOMORROW. It looks like a thing called "Scleritis", which simply means "inflammation of the white part of the eye". It can be nothing, or it can sometimes be serious. Erring on the side of caution, please get this checked out by an eye specialist and write back and tell us what they said. You could have a piece of sand stuck there, or it could be caused by a dozen other things. If I could see it live, I could give you a better guess, but it'd still be a guess. Eye specialists exist because the eye is a complicated-as-hell organ and it takes a whole specialty (and subspecialties!) to take care of the darned thing.

Good luck and let us know, ok?


steve