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What Causes Swelling In Eyes While On Contact Lenses?

i wear contact lenses and usually keep them in longer than i am supposed to, the bottom of my left eye has been swole in the corner of my eye for the past 2 days, i think it is a stye but there is nothing that looks like a pimple, just major swelling. what could this be?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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you should remove contact lens at bed time. you are having dry eye syndrome. due to prolong use of contact lens there is lack of tear film spread over cornea. remove contact lens and apply artificial tear drop. use your specs for 15days. now you will feel normal
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What Causes Swelling In Eyes While On Contact Lenses?

you should remove contact lens at bed time. you are having dry eye syndrome. due to prolong use of contact lens there is lack of tear film spread over cornea. remove contact lens and apply artificial tear drop. use your specs for 15days. now you will feel normal