I ran out of disinfectant solution, but noticed I had a bottle in my drawer that was a freebie from a visit to the optometrist. I didn't realize it was Clear Care contact solution by CIBA, and didnt notice the warning saying that you should NOT use regular contact cases. When I attempted to put the contact in my left eye this morning, it burned terribly. I actually thought I had been able to successfully insert it and it had gotten stuck. I went to an optometrist to have it removed. He confirmed that there was no contact stuck inside my eye and the pain and irritation I was feeling was from the solution. He advised to not wear contacts for a couple of days.
I flushed it with water several times today and have been periodically using eyewash, but it's still irritated. Any home remedies or therapies to alleviate the irritation?
Water, bedrest and not-too-tightly applied ace bandage are about the only home remedies I have. Hopefully they'll help.
At a minimum I'd get one of those single eye patches so you can walk around and act like a pirate. There's always an upside to an eye injury.
You don't have to thank me, btw.
Try these eye drops....
http://www.similasanusa.com/
They have them at HEB and other drug stores. Use the redness ones.
You can also rub a very small amount of the Neosporin w/ pain reliever on the inside of your eye lid and/or the corners of your eyes. Use the ointment variety. This will gook up your eye for a few minutes, but will help with irritation.
I've used these methods and have had contacts for 15 years. Good luck.
Why didn't you get something from the optometrist?
He put something in there before I left and it's much better, but still irritating.
bukkake gone wrong?
rofl
you dumbass
it says all over that not to put directly in your eye
It says it in very tiny print on the bottle I have, and I didn't put it directly in my eye, I soaked my contacts in the solution and then inserted the HP-coated contact into my eye. Thanks for your input though.
Good one Amare.
There is a red streak across the entire top of the label that says not to do what you did do.
I did the same thing when I first started wearing contacts. Do what he says and the irritation should be gone in about three days.
It feels much better today.
One time I accidentally put rubbing alcohol in my eye. My roommate put rubbing alcohol in a tube of Clear Eyes for his VCR head cleaner and didn't mark it. I dropped in in my eye and it was the worst pain I've felt. It lasted about 10 minutes. It sucked.
You won't believe me but rub some Vick's vapor rub all over the eye before bed. You would think the Vick's would burn uncontrollably but it really doesn't. It only burns for a second or two and then begins to go to work. By morning the Vick's will have crusted a bit but your eye will feel awesome.
I took a nasty nasty scratch to my eye. I could barely open it and couldn't afford to go see an eye doctor. I couldn't drive or see very well. I reluctantly took this advice as a last ditch effort and was shocked at the results.
You're right. I looked at it this morning and there is that red strip you're talking about. Oh well, some lessons have to be learned the hard way.
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