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Pink eye and hard contacts?
My 2 year old got pink eye and shared it with me. Although I stopped wearing my hard (RGP) contacts when I realized he had it (thinking I would probably get it too), and used the antibiotic drops, I got pink eye twice as bad when I put the contacts back in a week later. My optometrist told me I have to replace them, which I feel sick about.
I've worn RGP lenses for years and I love them - but the chances that my toddler in daycare will get pink eye again seem so great that I'm thinking I'm going to have to switch to disposable lenses. I can't afford to replace my $200+ lenses everytime he gets pink eye...since I seem to catch anything and everything that he does.
Am I overreacting? Is there any way my RGP lenses can be disinfected against pink eye?
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Antibiotic drops only work with bacterial contamination and most pink eye is viral which antibiotics don't work against. If your eyes were red and watery which is viral instead of red and pussy which is bacterial then the antibiotics would be ineffective. People frequently fail to effectively disinfect the lens case and recontaminate the lenses. Rather than replacing the lenses ask your doctor to recommend something that will sterilize the lenses and try using a brand new case instead.
Source(s): consultant to http://www.coloredcontacts.com/ - ?Lv 41 decade ago
Personally, I have to throw out any contacts (cases included) when I catch conjunctivitis. However, I'm a soft contacts user.
With hard contacts, I believe they can be properly disinfected since they do not horde bacteria and proteins like soft contacts do.
Chances are you started wearing your contacts before your eye was thoroughly over the pink eye. Or it might just be a case of good ol' reinfection since your son is small and kids love to harbor those kinds of things. :)
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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