Blurry Contacts! HELP

I would get some soap specifically for contact wearers. I get mine at the eye drs office. It is called Vista Prep.

- allergy to the contact material (I'm allergic to latex, but it's mild, so any contacts with latex in them and all sorts of bad stuff starts happening. Blurred vision, irritation, redness, swelling... over the course of about 2 days).

- eye infection

- sebatious glands acting up (aka, oil is excreting into your eye).

- astigmatism

- change in the pressure of your eye

- excess salt in your tears (build up in about 5 minutes)

- excess mucus or protein in your tears (usually takes a few hours... I have this, I just clean my contacts 6 or 7 times a day IN my eye... aka drop in the multipurpose solution directly into my lower lid and blink, and it clears them right up). <grin> IN FACT, I'm the basis of a study!!! My new opthamologist was at first really annoyed with me when I told him I do this -he recommeded gas permeable lenses- and then looked at my eyes. Apparently I have the healthiest coreneas of anyone he's ever seen. I NEVER take my contacts out until I'm tossing them, just clean them in my eyes. After a couple years he got a few other patients who do this, and we've all got 'radically' healthy corneas. So he's getting together the grant money for a study. Too cool, right?

Anyhow... back on target...

Ditch the optometrist, and go see an opthamologist.

It's the difference between an EMT (not paramedic) and a Surgeon. Literally. An opthamologist is an eye doctor, an optometrist is an eye tech. About 11 years difference in schooling.

I would suggest going to see an opthamologist (medical doctor) instead of an optometrist. It sounds like something changed in your vision or eye shape which is causing this issue. A medical doctor should be able to evaluate your condition and assist in finding the best course of treatment.

I agree you need to be seen by a professional. But in the meantime (like maybe until tomorrow when you go to see them)... take out your contacts and wear your glasses.

I used to wear the disposable lenses (back when they actually still sold the "non"disposable variety) and wore them the full 2 weeks before taking them out each time. I slept in them, etc. After the birth of my first child I started noticing the same things you are describing. Felt like there was a blob of something in my eye, or a cloudiness that I couldn't get out. Eventually, I started just using them as daily wear... and took them out when I went to bed. Then back in, in the morning. My eyes got to the point where they were very red and irritated after just a few hours with the lenses in.

I went to the eye doctor. He told me something that I didn't know. That your eyes get oxygen through osmosis. Keeping a lens on your eye all the time like that restricts the oxygen your eyes can get. (Of course the newer lenses they make today are even thinner)... "But I took them out every day when I went to bed," I said. "RIGHT before bed?" he asked. "Yes. Why?" Said I.
Because doing that doesn't let the eye get any oxygen....because you are closing your eyes during sleep!
My eyes were actually beginning to grow additional blood vessels to try to take in more oxygen, which is why they were getting red.

I went to wearing glasses only for a long time. I can still wear my contact lenses all day if I need to, but I usually just wear my glasses these days. It has become more of a habit not to mess with the contacts. When we go on vacation and things or have pictures made or go "out" for events, I will usually pop in my contact lenses, and when I do, I have no problems.

I would go ahead and start wearing your glasses the rest of today at the very least.
I was advised that if I wanted to continue to wear contacts (which I can, but not as often or regularly as I once did) daily, that I should be up and about without them in my eyes for a bit in the mornings and again for a couple hours at night before I went to bed. For me, for daily use, if I have to put on glasses for a few hours before bed I may as well just wear them all day. So I usually do.

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I have that too. My allergies are the main reason. I used CVS or Walgreens multi purpose contact solution. When I have bad allergies I have to wear my glasses, I can't get my contacts to stay in without drying out.

You might have a slight infection or getting dry eye. My left eye gets dry and red and crazy these days and my contact gets cloudy. I was also thinking it might be the beginning of a cataract even.
I'd tell the doc to check you out a little closer since you are having the problem.
My dry left eye actually stays more moist with the contact in than without it.

Opthamologist.
Ditto

I think you may have an eye infection or there might be something else wrong with your eyes. I would let your eye dr know that you are still having issues with it. And if it's an infection you don't need to wear them. I have one right now so I can't wear mine.

Sounds like dry eyes.

Change your contact solution. Almost the same thing happened to me. After changing contact brands several times and nothing worked - including my optometrist, I changed disenfecting solution brands. Changed from Alcon to B & L. And it worked!!!! Now I actually use Up and Up (Target brand which is made by B&L).

The best I can figure is that I developed an allergy (or sensitivity) to something in Alcon's solution. I had used it for 20 years or so. Not really sure, but now I can wear contacts without having to throw them out after a few days. I only wear them daily, then take them out before bed.

Hope this helps....I can't stand wearing glasses!!!