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Suggest Medication For Redness And Irritation In The Eyes In Contact Lens Wearers

One of my eyes as irritated with my contact lense. I took it put an put it back in using water. My eye became red hours later and I removed the contact lense. My one eye is now red an it keep tearing. I do not feel pain just irritation as the eye has been red and tearing for hours.
Fri, 2 Feb 2018
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Ophthalmologist 's  Response
itis prolonged use of contact lens which can cause corneal erosion and dry eye. can start using refresh eye tear drop which help in spreading tear film through t cornea it maintains healthy cornea since the cornea gets nutrition from tear
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Ophthalmologist Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash's  Response
due to prolong use of contact lens it can cause dry eye and corneal erosion start applying refresh eye tear drop in morning and start using specks and discontinue contact this is related to redness and epiphora apply ofloxacin eye drop .3% eye drop 6 hourly things will slowly improve
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Suggest Medication For Redness And Irritation In The Eyes In Contact Lens Wearers

itis prolonged use of contact lens which can cause corneal erosion and dry eye. can start using refresh eye tear drop which help in spreading tear film through t cornea it maintains healthy cornea since the cornea gets nutrition from tear