Does contact solution kill the bacteria and/or viruses that cause conjunctivitis (pink eye)?

Question

So it would thus clean all of the offending microbes from your contacts, if you wore a pair you tried on when you had pink eye?

So it would thus clean all of the offending microbes from your contacts, if you wore a pair you tried on when you had pink eye?

***So why doesn't it?

Answer 1

Really, just toss your contact lenses. I almost went blind in one eye from contact lenses which I wore while I had gotten pink eye. It quickly turned pink eye into a corneal ulcer. So no, solution doesn't kill pinkeye. Throw out your old contact lenses now.

edit: contact lens solution is not a cure-all that gets rid of every microbe in existence. Certain Amoebas, fungi and certainly viruses can easily exist on a contact lens even after being cleaned in solution. Since pink-eye has numerous causes, from allergies to viruses to bacteria, there is no way to know if contact lens solution will necessarily kill the offending microbe. Since the worst case scenerio is going blind as mentioned above, why would you take such a risk?

Answer 2

Contact Lense Conjunctivitis

Answer 3

No it doesn't. Throw out the lenses and clear up the pink eye before you start a new pair. Otherwise you'll contaminate that one too.

Answer 4

Unfortunately not. The contacts you put on when you have pink eye (conjuctivitis) have to be thrown away- and if not- you WILL continue to re-infect yourself

Answer 5

Throw them out and wear glasses until it's definitely better.