Question
Hello Dr.
Last night I tried on a new pair of contacts and wore them for about an hour. After that my eye started tearing up a lot so I took them off. I went to bed and with in 30 minutes I couldn't stand the burning pain in my eye. My eye is just a pink color but it burns when I close my eye and it wont stop tearing up. But the odd part is that my eye feels dry even though I'm tearing up a lot.
Answer
Dear Jessica,
This could be an allergic reaction induced by the lens itself or something co incidental. However in presence of allergy or infection from whatever cause, the initial treatment remains the same.
a simple allergy would have subsided overnight, however since yours still persists, you would be better off getting it examined with an optometrist wo could prescribe some eye drops which will relieve your signs and symptoms.
Hope this helps,
Best Regards,
Dr Shroff
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