He mentioned that I had a lot of protein build up on my contacts and did a stain and he said I had dry eye. He prescribed Lotemax .05 as a first step therapy. Being fearful of steriods, he said that this is a mild steriod and hasn't had anyone have any problems with it. He said it's completely safe. Well, one month later, he informs me that I have cataracts (posterior subcapsular cataracts) and that they are a .5 on a scale of 1-4.
My daughter (15) was fitted for lenses in May 2013 and was given Acuvue Oasys, and is fine with them. After wearing them for ONLY 1 day, I noticed the vision in my right eye was blurry.I thought I had gotten a "bum" contact. But after putting my glasses on late that night, I realized my eyesight was blurry even with my glasses. I was on vacation so I had blurry vision in my right eye for the 5 days we vacationed. I made an appt. to see my opthamologist the morning after we got back.
Hi all, I have a question about my contact lenses. I'll try to be as thorough as possible.
I've been wearing monthly soft contact lenses for 7 years to correct myopia (-4.25 left, -3.75 right, slight astigmatism in the left eye). I'm 26 and male. Occasionally I neglected proper care by not washing my hands or wearing them beyond a month but that was the exception. Ordinarily I didn't wear them beyond the prescribed periods, nor did I sleep with them in.
"Lotemax is the only steroid that can be prescribed for long term therapy" This statement by PDophthalmology is incorrect.
Any steroid drop can be prescribed for long term use. The question is should they be and if they are needed what is the best choice.
First many conditions such as chronic uveitis require long term therapy of strong steroids such as pred forte, vexol, FML As with any steroid taken long term side effects are common and close monitoring is important.
I don't know if this is sort of the same, but anyhow,,I only wear my right contact lense now because with them both in, I can't read.....at first my doc was making the left one weaker so that I can read with my lenses in (I don't need reading glasses only need lenses for distance) and then I told her I just put one lense in and its so much better - I can see distance - and can read whenever I want real easy if I only wear one lense......she said its fine to do that.
I tried OTC preservative free drops, lotemax, restasis, omega 3 fish oil, and am drinking a lot of water. My remedies are helping but this condition is awful and I'm not sure if I'm doing enough to reduce the symptoms. Is there anything else I can try to help my condition? I know that my pink eye had something to do with my tear production so I was hoping someone else had a similar experience and had a successful remedy to deal with this.
If you are wearing rigid contact lenses, then yes, you can thoroughly clean and soak the lens and wear it. Instead of falling back on old contact lenses it would be better if you had a working pair of glasses for those times when your current contacts are "being serviced" (by which I assume you mean, being polished).
hi. i wear dailies contact lenses only on special occasions. today i tried them on and i realized that i couldn't see very well far away, like reading signs because it was blurry. i made sure that i took proper steps and handled them with care but my vision was still blurry far away. i took them off and tried on my glasses and could see perfectly normal again. why would i see better with glasses then contacts. i have focus dailies with aquacomfort plus.
So if your eyes are healthy (except for the nearsightedness and floaters) you can wear contact lenses despite your floaters.
The doctor who saw you probably mentioned that you should come back immediately if you see a sudden, new batch of floaters that look like a shower of black dots, a 'swarm of bees' or a black 'curtain' in any part of your vision - or if you see any other sudden change in your vision.
I am assuming that you are NOT sleeping in your contact lenses. Elestat and Alrex are mild anti-allergy eye drops but usually effective if the problem is actually allergies. If you continue not to respond to allergy treatment your ophthalmologist should begin to consider other conditions like dry eyes.
Contacts are very safe i would recommend getting them from a eye doctor to make sure your getting everthing coorect
a contact lens (and glasses) wearer for years, i've just been diagnosed with presbyopia and have a new prescription for progressive lenses for my glasses. i've visited one optometrist who told me that because i have an astigmatism in one eye, i'll need custom lenses that could cost $2000 plus for a year's supply. apparently these custom lenses are changed quarterly so that figure is for 4 sets of lenses.
I have pathological myopia. My corrected vision is 20/70 and 20/90. My lenses are -11 and -15. I have worn corrective contacts for over 40 years. What has happen now is that I am unable to wear lenses anymore because they have permently left a grove on my eyes. Now when I try to wear glasses my eyes burn so bad that I am in tears. My Doctor is considering implantable Contact Lense surgery from the Gimble Eye Centre in Canada does anyone have any thoughts.
When you wear ill fitting contacts the cornea becomes numb as a protective mechanism. When you take them out over several hours the feeling returns and it causes pain and dilation of the eye blood vessels giving the bloodshot look.
I have no idea about your replacement sources for contacts.
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