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Published 14:55 14 Oct 2022 BST
Updated 14:57 14 Oct 2022 BST
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Dr Kurteeva said the patient was "very fortunate - she could have lost her vision, scratched her cornea, or gotten an infection".
"Although I can't be certain of how she managed to forget to remove all those lenses, it could because she had been wearing contact lenses for 30 years," the doctor suggested.
While it is hard to believe anyone could not feel having so many lenses wedged behind their eyes, Dr Kurteeva explained that the patient's long history of wearing the aid meant her eyes were probably less sensitive to the discomfort.
Two of the main rules with contact lenses are to not sleep or shower in them.
People can seriously damage their eyes by not taking them out to sleep and bacteria in the water can get stuck on the lenses and cause serious infections .
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