can i leave my contacts in over night?

Question

my allergies are really bad today and my eyes are hurting, itching, watery and red and i can't get my contacts out

i've only had them since saturday

but is it okay if i sleep with them in?

i've been trying to get them out for like 20 min

Answer 1

NO. If you sleep in your contacts and there is a little piece of dust under your contact, you can scratch the cornea. Trust me, done it and it hurts bad!

Take them out. Try putting eye drops in first and wetting your fingertips.

Answer 2

Most of the time, it's ok to sleep in ur contacts for like one night (unless u have the continuous wear contacts where u wear them for a month straight). However, in ur situation, I wouldn't recommend that u sleep in ur contacts with ur allergies like that. Ur eyes are probably super irritated now since u've been trying for a long time. Give ur eyes a little break, use artifical tears, put cold compresses on ur eyelids, and just wait for a little bit. Try again one eye at a time, giving urself a break in b/w. U could end up w/ a really bad infection in ur eye, or worse an ulcer. So just take ur time, but make sure u take them out. After u take them out, wash ur face (w/o soap), use alot of artificial tears, and do the cold compresses again. If u can't take them out, then u might need to call ur doctor. Good luck..

P.S ur contacts WOULDN"T move around or behind ur eyes as someone else mentioned. There's no place for it to go except to be on the front part of ur eye.

Answer 3

You really don't need to wear contacts when you allergies are acting up because that can spread an infection to the contacts. And you also don't need to sleep with them in because it can cause dry eye and make it hard to get them out. What you need to do right now is put some rewetting drops in your eyes and that might help take them out. If not, call your eye doctor for advice.

Answer 4

specific, it fairly is undesirable. you will finally end up with an infection. then you definately is genuinely no longer waiting to placed on contacts for months. Untreated, this infections can do real harm. diverse lenses are made out of diverse components. The lenses that may actual be worn for a week or month at the instant are not the comparable fabric that your lenses are. Please talk on your optician approximately getting longer-placed on lenses in the previous you have a real problem.

Answer 5

Take them out... wait 15-20 minutes and try again. If you sleep in them while your eyes are irritated they will only be worse in the morning!

Answer 6

Calm down...!! Put two fingers in your eye,see in the mirror where is exactly the contact and take out,must be quickly.
Dont be scared. Nothing will happen, you just are touching your eye.
But please don't sleep with your contacts, you can have a eye ulceration tomorrow.
Try to cry, that will help to take out the lense. Or put tears.
Good luck!!!

Answer 7

I remember when I first got contact lenses. I was as scared of removing them as you are. At the time, I was told not to leave them in overnight because they would dry out in my eyes and be very painful to remove. After a few tries, I quickly got the hang of it although it was not the technique I was shown. I find that pinching them between my thumb and index finger to take them out is the best way to remove them. I never touch my eyeball that way although I have long since gotten used to it and I can touch my eyeball without flinching.

Answer 8

Some are meant to be slept in. Others aren't. Take them out, they could very well possibly be causing the eye infection.

Answer 9

this is so funny and i know people will down me for it but i keep my contacts in for months at a time i just wet them when i wake up and i don't have any problems with them. it's like "who needs laser surgery, i can see clearly when i wake up with my contacts in!", but in your case with the allergies(which is one of the only circumstances under which i remove mine) you should definitely get them out. i think the best method is to slide them out at the outside corner of the eye. just tilt your head back a little, look up, pull down your lower lid with one hand and using the clean index finger of your steadiest hand(rinsed with saline solution) slide the lens down and against the lower lid until it folds and then grab it with your index and thumb.

Answer 10

Have u tried an eye bath ? it might get them out. i would errr on the side of cautoin, & get them out. maybe even some really moist drops? like Genteal, would help them be slippery.