I been waking up the last for or five weeks with my left eye almost swollen shut. but the past the past few days I have woken up with almost both eyes swollen shut. I can't drive so I can't take my self to the eye doctor. MY mom put me on some left over eye drops eye had when i had pink eye a year ago but they symptoms still persits swollen eyes,clear stuff coming out and sometime itchy. what could be . also I wear contacts. the kind you change on a monthly basis latley though I forget there and fall asleep in them. please help me. what could I do what is it.
2007-03-05 00:06:24 · 9 answers · asked by purplepurp21 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
My mother thinks its nothing and that I don't need to go to the doctor
2007-03-05 01:57:35 · update #1
You have a serious infection. You need to see your doctor ASAP so he/she can provide drops.
Do not use old drops from before. Many medications have an expiration date and can cause harm.
I suggest you reconsider a different type of contact. Ask your doctor what is best for you.
2007-03-05 00:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by S H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are your _eyes_ you're talking about. It's not worth risking going blind: don't ask a bunch of strangers on the Internet about them. Go to the doctor and have them checked out. A problem that doesn't go away by itself after a week or two should cause you some serious concern. Could be a problem with the contacts--take them out and put on your glasses. Could be a simple allergy. Could be an infection that's going to keep getting worse.
2007-03-05 08:17:57 · answer #2 · answered by Faeldaz M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea, stop the contacts
and tell ur mom to take u to the eye doctor or any regular doctor...im sure they will help
i've had a feeling before where it felt like there was something actually in my eye..like a tiny rock or pebble...it hurt WHENEVER i opened my eye...it happened mainly with my left one..even when i tried to hold it closed, it hurt...the only way i could get the pain away was for some reason when i pressed it up against a pillow...
i went to a regular doctor and it turned out to be ALLERGIES!?
he prescribed me some eye drops which were like $120 before my insurance cut it...came out to about $20 (thank god)
eye drops worked insanely great..
so go see a doctor PLZZZ
and have a good day! :P
2007-03-05 08:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by life_will_be_ok 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I used to sleep in my contacts as well.
Your eye sheds old cells just like your skin does. when you sleep in your contacts, the old cells are trapped under the contact, and rub against your eyes, kinda like sandpaper. That is what the discharge is. The cells scrape your eye leaving them open to infection and irritation.
If you are using pink eye medicine, one of the first things you are supposed to do is remove your contacts and keep them out until treatment is over.
But, I do not think it is pink eye. Go to the opthamologist and have them check your eyes out. No doubt you have gotten some sort of infection. and stop sleeping in your contacts, you can damage your eyes so much that you may never be able to wear them again!
2007-03-05 08:19:28 · answer #4 · answered by lonijean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to see an eye doctor. Stop wearing your contacts until you find out from a doctor what is wrong.
2007-03-05 08:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by LeeAnna32 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Number one, you need to give the contacts a rest for a while. Number two...this has been going on this long and your mother hasn't taken you to the doctor???
2007-03-05 08:15:19 · answer #6 · answered by Sunidaze 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop wearing the contacts!!!! obviously your eyes do NOT like them! You could be allergic to the chemicals or something.
2007-03-05 08:11:22 · answer #7 · answered by OR 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could have an eye infection from the contacts ths happened to my daughter and i ahd to take her to the eye dr. you need to go he told me it could have damaged her eye sight
2007-03-05 09:55:43 · answer #8 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is your contact clean?or you have allergic?
find a eye doctor...
2007-03-05 08:21:54 · answer #9 · answered by jeans 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋