Wat should i do for dry dry dry eyes?

Hello,

You don't say if you are wearing hard (rigid gas permeable) or soft contact lenses, but I guess they are the soft kind. So if that's right, they must be daily, monthly or extended wear overnight?

Soft contact lenses these days are made of silicon hydrogel and are 50% water. Water (tears) are important because if the lenses dry out, they stop working optically and blur up.

Really I think this is a complication of your contact lens wear, which you ought to consult your contact lens practitioner about. There may be some underlying reason why your eyes are dry, for example you might have inflamed eyelids.

If you had daily disposable lenses, that would reduce a lot of the need for 'solutions,' but I think you need sound professional advice.

Forcing your lenses in when it hurts, is not likely to be a good idea, you could damage your cornea.

I hope this is of some help.

Best wishes,

Belliger (retired uk gp)

If you cross to an ophthalmologist it's viable for him to examine your situation to look if you happen to might be eligible for plugs within the tear ducts. This is an overly sensible, painless approach performed within the workplace, however it's going to preserve the tears you do produce for your eyes and now not exiting by way of the tear ducts. It will have to aid. Also at night time you'll be able to positioned a gel into your eyes in order to preserve them higher hydrated at night time. It is going in simply earlier than you near your eyes to sleep. It is a specific product simply to be used within the eyes. Any drugstore will have to have it.

Your eye doctor can perform a very QUICK and easy test on your eyes that will let you know if you have "dry eye syndrome". The have drops, like "Restasis" for it.