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Contact lens concern. Maybe I'm paranoid?

New contact lens wearer here. I haven't worn them in two days because my eyes were bothering me. Itchy, red, just kind of annoyed. I've been having other allergy symptoms too. Gunky lungs, alternations between runny nose and stuffed up nose, and major, MAJOR sinus pressure and headaches (I've had one for three days actually -_-). I don't normally get such bad seasonal allergies this time of year, and not normally with such bad eye symptoms, but we've been doing a remodel at work and I've been exposed to two things that kill me: dust and mold. So I'm not really surprised.

Anyway yesterday I got my new contacts in the mail, so I went to put my contacts in after works, and surprise, I had a redder patch on my eye going from the iris to the interior corner, so I thought better of putting contacts in. I was a little concerned, but I'd been having allergies, and a stabby eyelash I discovered.

Well today I woke up and the red patch was gone, the itchiness was gone, though the sinus pressure remains much to my annoyance; it's always the longest symptom. So I put in my contacts. My eyes feel completely fine other than the sinus pressure and headache that still won't abate. But I feel like the veins in my eyes are just super noticeable. My eyes aren't red, it's the veins that are always visible....just, I don't know, more visible?

I currently have no itchiness, no pain, no discharge (and never had the last two). Should I be concerned at all? I'm paranoid about infection.

Update:

Well two days away from my work environment and all my problems are completely gone, including the awful sinus headache. Apparently I need to find a better allergy pill.

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  • 7 years ago
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    Why don't you hold off with wearing the contacts until everything is cleared up completely? It seems rather foolish to rush into something that could lead to an eye infection when you don't need to. This is the biggest problem with contacts, people just feel as if they can't live without them and will do all sorts of strange things just so thye can wear them. Not cleaning them, sleeping in them, wrong solutions etc and the list goes on.

    Source(s): Retired optician
  • 7 years ago

    You're probably fine. If it keeps up for a few more days, call your eye doctor.

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