Question
My name is Alicia and I have 2 really important questions concerning my contact lenses and my red eyes. Well, I recently went to the eye doctor and I also got a one year supply of eye contact lenses. I got the biofinity contact lenses. My eye doctor said that one is better because it allows more oxygen in my eye than the proclear ones that I used to have. Well, they the eye doctor checked my eyes and everything was okay and healthy. Well, I decided to go with the biofinity contact lenses and they gave me a trial pair first. Then if everything was okay, they can order it. Well, when I tried on the trial pair, it seemed okay. Sure my eyes were pink but then I didn't think it was a big deal. Then I gave them the okay and then I got those. Well, as time progressed it seemed that my eyes are getting more and more red. Is this suppose to be normal? I heard someone say that now my eyes can breathe, the new contact lenses can cause sensitivity with red eyes. Is this true?
Also, I contacted my eye doctor and the receptionist said that since it's been over a month and I said it was okay, then if I were to come in again, I would need to pay the full exam price again, which I didn't think was fair. They said well if it had to do with the contact lenses your eyes would of been immediately red, but then sometimes contact lesnes take awhile for it to affect the eye negatively, isn't it true?
FYI: I've been using the same solution, optifree replenish so I don't think it's the solution.
What do you think and what do you advise me to do? Thank you.
Alicia
Answer
Dear Alicia,
Red eyes has a lot of Differential diagnosis and one cannot come to a single conclusion whether it is an allergy, mild infection or lens reaction only based on history and symptoms, but needs an examination.
The possibility that the lens wear itself is causing this can be easily ruled out if you are willing to stop using lenses completely and stick to glasses for about a week or so.
Otherwise, it needs a check.
I cannot comment on other doctors payment policies, so cannot help you there.
However, if the lenses are causing this redness, this means that no matter how great on oxygen permeability the lenses may be, your eyes have started showing an intolerance towards the same as then the body starts recognizing lenses as a piece of plastic and starts rejecting it as a foreign body.
It may be worth your while to also look up a permanent solution like LASIK or laser eye surgery.
Read more about this option on www.lasikindia.in
