Talk:Pterygium (eye)

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Please see Wikipedia:Technical terms and definitions and try to improve this article. Thanks. --SueHay 02:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eye problem but photo is mouth

The article discusses an eye problem but the photo, Image:Pterygium.jpg is of the mouth. Jidanni (talk) 23:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What the heck are you talking about? That's a pterygium operation on someone's left eye.Iulus Ascanius (talk) 03:01, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Go easy on him, maybe he needs an eye operation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.208.192.86 (talk) 08:27, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- - - I do volunteer work at a free medical clinic in a border Mexican town. Our surgeries are often to remove these from the eyes. We do about 8 a month. A numbing shot is given in the inside crease in the lower lid, and then the doctor removes it with a scapel. And the rates are right -- we do about one woman per 10 men. The ages we've done since I've been there have been in the late 20s and in the 40s. The surgery is quick, with few side effects. To prevent these, it's best for those in hot dusty windy areas to wear sunglasses starting at an early age. Our clinic gives out sunglasses to as many eye patients as we have, to help prevent this. Also, use of eye drops seem to help prevent them. If it gets into the pupil area, it will grow in there and cause blindness. That is what I've learned so far. Thank you for letting me share this info with you folks!

Zingingablenessedly (talk) 04:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Misfitting sentences

"There is a new and effective treatment using Mitomycin .01% solution (Mobius makes a kit) to keep the Pterygium from recurring. Please do some further research before deciding to do some of these outdated procedures."

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