Pterygium Signs, Symptoms, Treatments, Surgery, Recovery

How many of you out there are suffering from pterygium? Are you seeking answers to your irritated red, swollen, itchy eye? And everytime you are with friends, at work , a party, you had people that would say..."Hey your eye is red." Or asked you if everything was alright? After awhile people wouldn't just listen to you about what you are saying they just started staring at your eye. They had a blank look on their faces and you could see them thinking to themselves why is his eye red? You came to the right place. I have been suffering from pterygium for about six years when I turned 34 years old. I remember it vividly looking back into my foyer mirror in a house I purchased in 2006. I noticed this red bump small in size that started growing in my left eye on my nasal side. I then quickly started moving my eye from side to side and noticed on the surface of my white area "scelera" a red-pinkish bump that was growing towards my iris.  I went to my primary care physician and he sent me to an eye specialist. The eye specialist at this point in time stated I had pterygium and with proper medication and wearing sunglasses it would stop the growth of this red bump...at the time I was 34 he said I was too young to have any type of surgery, because in his "professional opinion" it would grow back at a rapid pace. This blog will help you understand what is pterygium, causes of pterygium, how can you prevent pterygium, treatment of pterygium, surgery for pterygium, and recovery of pterygium. At this point in my life I am 40 years old as I write this blog on February 2, 2012 and currently 6 days post opt of my surgery.