Red Eye From Contact Lenses: When It Is Serious
Take the lens out first. Then decide. Almost every red eye in a contact lens wearer improves once the lens is out — and the ones that do not are the ones that need seeing today. That single step is both the treatment and the test. The three symptoms that change everything Redness on its…
Dr. Teresita Bollar, OD
Stye and Contact Lenses: What to Do
Do not wear contact lenses while you have an active stye. The lens traps bacteria against an already infected lid, prolongs the episode, and risks moving the infection onto the cornea. Glasses for a week is the whole treatment plan as far as lenses go. What a stye is An acute bacterial infection of a…