TranquilMind Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 My daughter has worn contacts for years and all was fine, until a few months ago. Suddenly, her eyes began getting really red - as in blood red, almost no white, AFTER REMOVING contacts. But occasionally, they would be fine (??). She tried new pairs, and short time periods, finally giving them up. Last night, she tried again, for only a couple of hours. They felt FINE while she was wearing them. An hour after removing them, her eyes were red and this morning, they were blood red, and weepy AGAIN. Last time it was nearly a week until they returned to normal! What the heck is going on? Any clues, anyone? She's only a teen and doesn't want to wear glasses 100% of the time for life. We are going to contact the eye doctor, but just wondering if anyone knows why she would be terribly affected AFTER removing the contacts instead of while wearing them!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Have you asked her optometrist? Or maybe she has an eye infection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Have you asked her optometrist? Or maybe she has an eye infection? No infection, I'm pretty certain. Her eyes were fine yesterday and have been fine since the last time she wore them, months ago. I think she might be allergic to contact lenses. We already changed the solutions several times, and the "sensitive eyes" solutions helped for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Is there something new she has been eating? Not washing her hands well before taking them out? New hand soap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Go to your eye doctor. I recently had a strep infection in my eye. My eyes were bright red every evening. It can lead to problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Is there something new she has been eating? Not washing her hands well before taking them out? New hand soap? I was wondering the same thing. My situation didn't involve contacts, but one night, all of a sudden, one of my eyes was red and burning and my vision was blurry, and I was starting to worry, when I realized that I had just used a new hand cream... and then rubbed my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 You need to take her in to the opto or whomever fitted her for contacts. They will be able to examine more closely and tell you what is going on there. I wouldn't try the contacts again until she gets checked properly, either. Her eye health is not worth the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This happened to me! It was my contact solution. I now have to use this weird solution that neutralizes after 6+ hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Could she be sensitive to her contact solution? I would talk to the optometrist about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This happens to me because I have very dry eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Mouse Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 After wearing contact lenses, I had to give them up. Apparently, my body rejects them as it would another foreign object. I could wear them for a couple of hours at a time, but it wasn't worth the hassle for me. Even before this started, I had issues with solutions. At one point, I was making my own saline solution daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This happens to me because I have very dry eyes. Me too. Of course I'm much older than your dd and dry eyes are common at my age, but it can happen to anyone. I would take my contacts out and it looked like I had been crying for hours because my eyes were so red. See an eye doctor. If it's dry eyes the solution could be anything from using special drops to having tear duct implants (what I ended up getting). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Does she have a pretty strong prescription? I have to wear special gas permeable ones (normal people sleep in them but I cannot as even these aren't perfect for me) because the normal ones smother my eyes. I stopped wearing contacts for a long time before I found a doctor that mentioned this as the reason for my continued eye redness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshirtyogapantmama Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 My husband had it happen several years ago, he took a break from wearing them and then was able to for a few years until it happened again. He has sensitive eyes/skin. Hopefully just switching brands will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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