red eyes

[GarethB]

What has you eyepractitioner said?
What other eye drops have you tried?

Really seemslike an optomorists needs to see your eyes with the lenses in and when they go red to understand what the problem is otherwise it ispure specuation on our part.

It might be dry eyes, allergic reaction to lenses or something else that is agrevated by lens wear or that the lenses are failing to allow enough oxygen through to your eyes. Like I say you optometrist is the onlyone that can answer this so if you can't get a quick appointment make use of eye casualty as you can't live your life like this. As far as I am aware, if your eyes keep going red with lenses in, it is sign there might be a problem that needs sorting.

Unfortunatly we can only share experiences which sometimes provide a solution but to me it sounds like your situation is different and needs medical attention.

[Lizb]

When i was wearing CL and getting red eyes, i was constantly in at my opticians getting my eyes checked. I was diagnosed with dry eye. I changed my diet, stopped drinking caffeine, started drinking 8+glasses of water, was already using clinitas soothe, started using a gel at night. this didnt improve my red eyes and when it got to my eyes going red within a couple of hours of wearing CL i was advised to stop wearing CL as it meant my eyes werent getting enough oxygen.

I am lucky in that i can manage with glasses for my right eye and am able to function with this. I am still having problems with dry eye - and red eyes especially when i have an alcoholic drink - had a couple of lagers last week and my sister pointed out my eyes were red. I am now using drops that you can not wear CL with to see if that helps, but that isnt doing much at the moment.
I am now under my NHS hospital not just for KC but for dry eye and when i next attend i will be asking if they can suggest something that will allow my to try CL again. Apparently my problem is solely that my tear evapourates extremely quickly. Dry eye is apparently a cover all for slightly different things - some people are likely me, others dont produce enough tears, others are missing/low on some of the components that make up our tear film. This will be why different products work for different people i guess.

Talk to your eye care practitioner, i actaully got my hubby to take photos of my eyes to be able to show my practitioner the problems i was having. Could you do the same'?