General tips for postoperative care

General tips

• It is necessary that you are accompanied during the first 24 hours.
• Resume the usual food and water intake progressively.
• During the first days, we recommend the use of dark glasses to go outside.
• Maintain good daily hygiene, avoid getting water or soap in your eyes and remove secretions with gauze.
• Maintain a healthy lifestyle.
• Go to the scheduled medical visits.
• In case of pain, take the prescribed analgesic.
• Comply with the medical team’s instructions (administration of medication, return to normal life…).
• Avoid sleeping on the operated eye, rubbing it or applying make-up during the first weeks.
• Do not exert yourself physically during the first days or weeks after surgery, according to the medical team’s recommendations.
• It is recommended not to bend your head or submerge it in water.
• In case of doubt, please answer the ophthalmology team.

Warning symptoms

Following these recommendations for postoperative care in eye surgery, everything should go well and your eye should be normally recovering from surgery. However, if any of these symptoms appears, it is very important to contact the center and/or come to the 24/7 emergencies service as soon as possible:

• Intense pain
• Intense red eye
• Abundant tears or secretions
• Double vision
• Sudden vision decrease

Going to the general Emergency Room will be necessary if there are systemic complications, such as:

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• General discomfort
• Allergy symptoms