Can I wear my contects if I am treating pink eye?

Question

I think I have pink eye. I had it a couple years ago an still have the RX drops. I am just going to use those. Can I wear my contacts also?

my contacts are disposable

No health insurance like miliions and millions of americans. So eye doctor is not the answer.

Answer 1

No...keep your contacts out. Because of the highly infectious nature of pinkeye, your contacts will be a highly likely cause of reinfection. In fact, you should probably throw the contacts you have if you have had them in for the past couple of days...as well as (if you're female) any eye makeup you have used...the bacteria/viruses will infect those products.

Also, you need to really check the date on your drops. Like most medications, they expire and do not work as well, if at all. Contact your pharmacist to confirm if they are good or not. Also, you have to have the full course of eyedrops, or the organism responsible for the infection can actually adapt to that medication, and the infection won't go away without additional treatment...and eyedrops are real hard to judge in the bottles where you cannot see how much is in there.

If you have medical insurance, you can be seen by your family practitioner for pinkeye...it's a way to get around the lack of vision insurance.

I do understand about the no insurance thing...I have been there. The term "pinkeye" has become a very broad term used in daily life for eye infections. There are other eye infections that mimic the same symptoms as bacterial, viral, or allergic conjunctivitis, but are more serious, and can lead to vision problems, not just the pain and discharge you may be experiencing now.

Please do not let this go...if you cannot afford to see an eye doctor, see a general medical practitioner, or even a reduced fee/free medical clinic for treatment.

Answer 2

yes, there are lots of them that actually work. The chemistry of some very simple ingredients works exactly like "professional" treatments because chemically speaking, they are the exact same ingredients. I hardly ever recommend them to users on here as I have not examined their pet and can't tell if it is something simple or something else that can only be treated by a vet. Since common sense isn't so common any more, I often tell posters to go to the vet. I would rather err on the side of caution than give someone advice that could turn to be harmful because the poster themselves can't tell sh!te from shinola. I mean really- if the questioner is not smart enough to keep their animal inside in the first place then why would I think they could understand instructions on how to lance and clean and dress an infected wound. Besides, I am not even confident that half of them could tell if it was a simple flesh wound or if it was serious. Every time I read one of those questions like "My cat/dog got hit by a car, how do I treat their broken leg,ribs,jaw... at home", I get sick to my stomach... any more, if it isn't something dead simple, I just tell them to get to a vet.

Answer 3

Good God, throw the drops away, put on your glasses, wash EVERYTHING you have touched so nobody else contracts this and get yourself to an eye doctor NOW. Expired medication will do nothing for pink eye. Using your contacts will only make it recur.

Answer 4

I wouldn't, unless your contacts are disposible. I think you would have to get new ones as soon as the pink eye is gone.

Answer 5

NO! Remember your contacts are like a spounge and they absorb everything! When youre done being treated start with a fresh pair of contacts, not the same one!

Answer 6

If you have conjunctivitis, do not wear your disposable contact lens and putting on eyedrops, otherwise it will worsen. I advise you to wear eyeglasses or use LASIK (If you can afford to do such).

Answer 7

not supposed to