Post operative instructions for PRK/LASEK
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| To wipe your eyes with sterile napkins |
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| To wash your hair taking care not to get water or shampoo into your eyes (as you do it at your hairdresser) |
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| To wear sunglasses when you get out of your house |
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| To keep a good hygiene, to always wash your hands before you put the drops recommended by your doctor |
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| STRICTLY FORBIDDEN |
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| Sport activities, physical strength |
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| Eye contact with water or other substances except for those prescribed by the doctor |
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| Areas with a lot amount of dust |
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| Rubbing your eyes |
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| Facial cosmetic treatments and to dye your hair (Make-up, cream around your eyes) |
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| Going to the pool, sauna, solarium |
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| IT IS NORMAL |
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| To have a foreign body sensation in your eyes, stings or swollen eyelids sometimes, ocular pain |
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| Increased tearing |
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| Photophobia (to be disturbed by lights, headlights) |
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| Vision fluctuations |
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| If you had myopia you might have difficulties with reading |
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| If you had hyperopia you might have difficulties with your distance vision; your doctor will prescribe eyeglasses for distance until you recover your full vision |
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Legendă: 
= YOU MUST RESPECT 
= You don’t have to respect anymore 
= It is normal 
= It is not normal anymore. Contact your doctor
= YOU MUST RESPECT = You don’t have to respect anymore = It is normal = It is not normal anymore. Contact your doctor
