He tried using a daily disposable lens and it did not help. He gave me a thorough eye exam and put me on TobraDex for 1 week with a scheduled follow up. He said it is possible that I am developing intolerance to contact lenses. I have had GPC twice in the past (though not anytime recently). Is it possible that I may be destined to stop wearing contact lenses for good? Can some people immune systems simply continue to react to any/all lenses?
Thank you very much dr. O and thank you very much Medhelp!
Three days iv been applying tobradex with no change. I was telling myself to just live with it coz its not going away. Then I saw other forums here with similar eye prob as mine, some advised to do cold compresses... so last night i tried to apply cold compress and it was gone like magic!
I am a contact lens wearer, and I continually getting eye infections, for about the past 2 years. (I've been wearing contacts for about 5 years.) My eyes get very red and become painful, and occasionally swell. I become very light-sensitive and my pupils constrict to the point where I can barely keep my eyes open. I have removed my lenses to see a mucus-like build up on several occasions. My doctor has prescribed me TobraDex in the past, which sometimes helps after a few days.
Anyway, 6 or 7 surgeries later, anything from tarsal rotation, to electralysis and more fun stuff, we decided to stop pounding the heck out of my eyelids and now I just wear contact lenses to protect my corneas from the eyelashes.
Kind of ironic :-)
My question is, if my eyes aren't being scratched up anymore why do i still have the discharge? my eyelids are all red and cutup from me rubbing the crusty stuff off of them and i'd really like to get that to stop.
My opth has diagnosed me with blepharitis, I use sterilid w/ compresses and take flaxseed oil, and I also use preservative free eyedrops for moisture. However nothing has worked to my satisfaction besides tobradex which I've used for about a year and half- my eyelid inflammation is pretty severe even with the other treatments, however w/ tobradex my symptoms are almost nonexistent.
Both lower lids become puffy, a little bit itchy, red, wrinkled and visibly dry. I went to ophthalmologist and was prescribed Tobradex (antibiotic/corticosteroid). This medication helped after I used it for a couple of weeks. I stopped using it, and everything was fine for a while, my lower eyelids were back to normal, without that awful wrinkles and puffiness and redness. But in about 10-14 days the problem started again. I again used Tobradex for about 3-4 days.
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.
My doctor RX Tobradex and it went away. The next month, both my upper lids had the same reaction. My lash tech. has tried sensitive glue, medical grade tape, gel pads.....no gel pads etc. However, after many attempts to identify the problem, I have the same reaction, no matter what products are used. The only way I am able to control it....is to start Tobradex the day of the procedure and use it.....2 drops a day for 2 days after the procedure.
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.
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.
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.
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