A Few questions

[kerrie phillips]

I have a query
Lately i am very headachey and totally fatiqued , or i dont know if it is as much that as eye pain. Is that common or unrelated.
The other is how does air conditioning affect wearing contacts as i am told it is not good.
One area i am hoping to work in in the hospital is air conditioned.

[Sweet]

Kerrie,

Hi there! Air conditioning can be a problem as it can dry out lenses which can make them painful to wear. The resus room in A & E where i work is air conditioned and i find that i need to use a lot of lens drops to make sure that my lens doesn't dry out.

Headaches we can suffer from with eye strain which i get a lot of on the days where i leave my lens out.

Hoping that things go well!

[GarethB]

Dehydration can cause headaches too.

Make sure you drink at least 2 litres water per day, coffee, tea, fruit juice and fizzy drinks do not count as these all contain dieretics which aid water loss.

Try not to sit too close to air con, my employer allowed me to move away from the aircon, I could only move a meter away but it made a big difference.

Using computers drys eyes as well because our blink rate goes down so take a break every thirty minutes. Only talking a few minutes, enough to get a drink, collect work from a printer.

Lubricating eye drops work, but work best if the above is followed.

[kerrie phillips]

The fluid thing is a nightmare i know how important it is but when nursing on the wards you do not always get time for a drink let alone anything else. i have taken to leaving a botttle of water in a corner somewhere.
As far as eye drops go, some people tell me it is ok to put them in with lenses in, others tell me you have to take them out. Which is it !
and is one type particularly better then another there are so many i did have aquify but do not think they really helped.

[Andrew MacLean]

I know how hard it can be to avoid dehydration. I now carry a bottle of water in my briefcase. It means that I can always manage a swig at the bus stop or on the train.

Andrew

[GarethB]

Unfortunatly we are all differnt, I spent six months trying different eye drops and found for me Systane was the best. Trial and error I am afraid.

The type of drops dicate wheather you have lenses in or out. The Systane forms a very fine clear gell overt he cornea, but on the lenses after repeated use forms a haze so you have to then remove your lenses to clean them.

Removing the lenses periodically throughout the day for 15 - 30 minutes is good for giving the eye a break.