Orbital Decompression (Surgery for Bulging Eyes): Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen

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• Sudden severe eye pain
• Sudden vision loss or significant vision change (compressive optic neuropathy concern)
• Flashing lights or new floaters
• Purulent eye discharge with severe pain (endophthalmitis or orbital cellulitis concern)
• Heavy bleeding from eye area or nose that does not stop with pressure
• Trauma to operated eye or orbit
• Rapidly expanding orbital swelling with vision change and pain (retrobulbar hemorrhage)
• Air bubbling around the eye when blowing nose (surgical emphysema)
• Clear watery nasal drainage that increases with bending forward (CSF leak concern)
• Persistent significant eye pain not relieved by prescribed medications
• Eye redness that is increasing or beyond expected
• Vision blurriness beyond expected
• Eyelid swelling that is increasing after the first 48 hours
• Difficulty with eye drop administration
• New or worsening double vision (expected but should be documented)
• Numbness in cheek, lip, or teeth that is worsening
• Persistent heavy nosebleeds
• Foul-smelling nasal discharge

Hav dine oplysninger klar, når du ringer

• Navnet på din operation (Orbital Decompression (Surgery for Bulging Eyes)) og datoen for din operation
• Din aktuelle temperatur
• Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
• Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
• En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)