With all the hope and change in our economy lately, I’ve actually seen an increase in eye infections. Apparently, when money is short, people wear their contact lenses longer than they are supposed to. Typically, a contact lens is either manufactured to be a 2 week or a 4 week disposable lens. Please follow the recommended replacement schedule for your lens, otherwise, you will be at much more risk of getting something like this:
Painful Eye Infection Because of Contact Lens Abuse
The left picture is just normal light. You can see two small, white-ish circles at about 6 and 8 O’clock. The right picture is after I put in a temporary yellow die to see it a little better using a blue light. The eye infection/inflammation lights up green.
This condition usually presents when a contact lens wearers stretches their lenses too long and/or has been sleeping in a lens not designed for overnight wear. The eye is typically red, painful, light sensitive, and teary.
When this happens, you’ll need a medical eye visit (from $45-65) and medicated eye drops (from $4-95).
So, if you think you are going to save money on a $34 box of contacts by stretching their useful life, think again.
Also, this is mild compared to a central corneal infection that one could get. Those leave permanent scars in your line of sight, which means permanent vision loss.
