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Hi - if someone can help I would really appreciate it because I am utterly fed up!!!!
I am 29 yo female, UK. I started wearing monthly disposable soft contacts when I was 19 and at first had no problems and could wear them for long periods of time. Then i started on the birth control pill and my contact lens tolerance reduced, I could still wear them every day but not as long as I had been. At the time no one had ever given me any advice about using rewetting drops so I used to wear them until I felt it was time to take them out because they felt dry. I could usually last about 9 hours.
Then I noticed that when I put them in after waking up my eyes would sting and tear. I told my optician who suggested I switch to daily disposables which I did.
Initially this stinging and tearing up stopped but my eyes were feeling more dry so I was having to take my lenses out earlier in the day or have rest days.
Soon after this a really weird thing happened. Without warning, my right eye would go bright red -all of the white, no tearing or discharge just bright red and I would feel like I had been punched in the face. When this happened, I also felt incredibly tired and run down. Sometimes, the glands in my neck would swell before or during. Sometimes before it happened I would feel as though i had swallowed a lot of perfume, got this horrible taste in my mouth. I could not find a pattern to this eye redness, I could wear my contacts one day and it might happen two days later. It was there when I opened my eyes in the morning, the right eye would be sticky and that would be how I knew it was there before I had seen it in the mirror. Went to eye specialists and doctors here in UK, no mention that I had dry eye, no cause ever found. I gave up contacts for a few years voluntarily. Also stopped using birth control pill.
Now I am still not using birth control pill but wear contact lenses socially. They are hard to tolerate, need lots of rewetting drops. Recently went to my local optician who told me I have blocked meiboiman glands and blepharitis. Told me to do hot compresses, clean with baby shampoo and massage lids. Isn't there anything more that they can do? I am utterly fed up of wearing my glasses most of the time. The most annoying part is I don't even have any real symptoms of dry eye, just that I can't tolerate contacts for more than 6 hours really. So if I didn't need to wear contact lenses, I wouldn't have even noticed that I had dry eye!! No idea what is going on really but I would appreciate any advise on either what might be happening or how I can treat blocked glands and blepharitis beyond hot compress and baby shampoo.
Thanks so much
unHappybertie
I am 29 yo female, UK. I started wearing monthly disposable soft contacts when I was 19 and at first had no problems and could wear them for long periods of time. Then i started on the birth control pill and my contact lens tolerance reduced, I could still wear them every day but not as long as I had been. At the time no one had ever given me any advice about using rewetting drops so I used to wear them until I felt it was time to take them out because they felt dry. I could usually last about 9 hours.
Then I noticed that when I put them in after waking up my eyes would sting and tear. I told my optician who suggested I switch to daily disposables which I did.
Initially this stinging and tearing up stopped but my eyes were feeling more dry so I was having to take my lenses out earlier in the day or have rest days.
Soon after this a really weird thing happened. Without warning, my right eye would go bright red -all of the white, no tearing or discharge just bright red and I would feel like I had been punched in the face. When this happened, I also felt incredibly tired and run down. Sometimes, the glands in my neck would swell before or during. Sometimes before it happened I would feel as though i had swallowed a lot of perfume, got this horrible taste in my mouth. I could not find a pattern to this eye redness, I could wear my contacts one day and it might happen two days later. It was there when I opened my eyes in the morning, the right eye would be sticky and that would be how I knew it was there before I had seen it in the mirror. Went to eye specialists and doctors here in UK, no mention that I had dry eye, no cause ever found. I gave up contacts for a few years voluntarily. Also stopped using birth control pill.
Now I am still not using birth control pill but wear contact lenses socially. They are hard to tolerate, need lots of rewetting drops. Recently went to my local optician who told me I have blocked meiboiman glands and blepharitis. Told me to do hot compresses, clean with baby shampoo and massage lids. Isn't there anything more that they can do? I am utterly fed up of wearing my glasses most of the time. The most annoying part is I don't even have any real symptoms of dry eye, just that I can't tolerate contacts for more than 6 hours really. So if I didn't need to wear contact lenses, I wouldn't have even noticed that I had dry eye!! No idea what is going on really but I would appreciate any advise on either what might be happening or how I can treat blocked glands and blepharitis beyond hot compress and baby shampoo.
Thanks so much
unHappybertie
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