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;fY)7' 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.
74Il]i1= 医生在一位即将进行白内障手术的妇女眼睛内发现了27片隐形眼镜，惊讶万分。
rI1;>/Ir 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.
}~Y#N 这名67岁的患者完全没意识到自己的眼睛里有隐形眼镜，还告诉医生说她以为自己眼睛不舒服是因为上了年纪。
0c:j wtf Medics initially found 17 contact lenses - but then discovered a further 10 on a second inspection.
WB|SXto%4D 医生起初在她眼睛内先发现了17枚隐形眼镜，而在随后的第二次
检查中，又发现了另外10枚。
9fb"R"(M 'None of us has ever seen this before,' Specialist trainee ophthalmologist, Rupal Morjaria, toldOptometry Today.
~F]If \b 实习眼科医师鲁泊尔•莫尔贾利阿告诉《今日验光杂志》：“我们从来没见过这种事情。”
0>?78QL9< '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.'
ld23 ^r “这17片隐形眼镜粘在一起形成的很大一块异物，会在眼睛内引起相当大的刺激，而病人竟对此毫无感觉，我们也感到很震惊。”
u/ 74E0$S The woman had worn disposable contact lenses for the past 35 years but had not attended regular optometrist appointments.
+(2mHS0_a 这位女士使用一次性隐形眼镜长达35年，但在使用期间她并没有定期找眼科医生做常规检查。
1j^FNg ~ Unfortunately for the pensioner her cataract operation had to be postponed following the surprising discovery.
A|GheH!t 由于这一惊人的发现，医生只能推迟该患者的白内障手术。
SJI+$L\' Ms Morjaria emphasised that publishing the report was important for raising awareness among the general public.
D)LqkfJ}z^ 莫尔贾利阿强调说，对此事的报道非常重要，因为它能引起大众对这一问题的重视。
kKSn^q L* 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.
$ Xo_C_:B 由于隐形眼镜在她眼睛内的时间过长，患者结膜周围可能已经累积了大量细菌。
\C E8S+Z% The case, which took place last November, was published in the British Medical Journal.
`ZAGseDd~ 这件事发生在去年11月，《英国医学杂志》对此事进行了报道。
Y'i_EX| It had previously been thought not possible to retain so many contact lenses without more severe symptoms.
@7B!(Q 此前，人们认为这么多隐形眼镜粘在眼睛内势必会引发严重的症状。
.zy i' Kj Surprisingly, the patient had not reported any symptoms of the missing contact lenses.
y>m=A41:g 令人惊讶的是，老妇人未曾表示过那些消失（在她眼睛里）的隐形眼镜给自己带来的任何不适。
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