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Contact stuck in eye for days

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CherryBlossom23 · 04/05/2018 08:02

My OH stupidly went to bed with his contacts still in one night last weekend. The next morning one contact was still in his eye but the other was missing - he assumed it fell out during the night. The missing contact has now just appeared in his eye again this morning - it must have got stuck up under his eye lid - and has now been removed.

What should he do now? Obviously he's at a risk for getting an infection from the contact being in so long. He said his eye feels fine but the inner corner of it was a bit red yesterday evening. He said he had been rubbing his eyes a lot at work yesterday (he is also prone to bad hayfever/allergies) so thought it was just from that, and the redness did calm down a bit when he stopped rubbing.

Should I insist he goes to the optician to check for any issues or wait and see how his eye is over the weekend?

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MrsMozart · 04/05/2018 08:04

Optician.

There was a chap on 24 Hours in A&E who left a lens in and had issues.

BusterGonad · 04/05/2018 23:22

If it's now out and his eye is fine then don't do anything, if he is eye is sore/red then see a doctor or get some eye drops?

Graduate223 · 04/05/2018 23:29

If it’s out and the eye is fine now, leave it. He just needs to be more careful next time.

If he hasn’t got them, Daily disposable lenses are more expensive but better for your eyes. They are more hygienic as they are single use and he can get into the habit of throwing them away each night before bed.

BusterGonad · 05/05/2018 14:19

Graduate I thought dailys weren't such good quality as monthlies. I've tried dailys and they are itchy buggers!

Fairylea · 05/05/2018 14:25

So it’s been stuck in his eye a week?! Definitely optician to check for scratching etc.

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CherryBlossom23 · 05/05/2018 16:34

@Graduate223, he uses dailies, just has a bad habit of occasionally not taking them out before bed Hmm.

Thanks everyone, his eye seems fine today, not red and he said it feels totally normal. I would prefer he got it checked out but obviously can't force him too, he won't go unless it starts feeling different.

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Tansie1 · 06/05/2018 14:56

.... which the most sensible thing to do. Get it looked at if there's a problem. If his eye feels perfectly normal, he's fine.

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