Contact Lens and etc

[sara1981]

*Scratching my head* That threw me off too but I wonder if sara1981 meant her vision is still very good? And hence having no need for contacts or glasses?!?

yeah i never using glasses or contact lens but the eye doctors tell me my eye doing FAB but says its would be about 32/30 by vision.

my mom using glasses for longtimes and my dad not using glasses but its hard for him to read the books and magazines but he using glasses for read books and magazines only.

when i was little girls my brother using glasses for years they the dr says he not need to using glasses in future that really surprise!

 

[Boult]

I'm thinking about getting contact lenses...I don't have astigmatism but I've got a very mild lazy eye. I dunno how much they cost, though, since I know Medicaid will NOT pay for them. I'm real tired of wearing glasses.

When you do that, be sure to grab that Wear&Care kit (free, mentioned in my first post)

 

[Jolie77]

I've just started on the contact lenses 2 weeks ago. I'm quite getting the hang of it. Starting to love it! There's no hassle of having to pull up the glasses upward on the nose, and no more of poking your finger on the glasses when there's a moment you have "forgotten" you're wearing the glasses.

Since I have astigmatism, I went with Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism for a trial run and it seems to sit well with me, so far.

For those who wears contact lenses; I am curious about this. I kind of freaked out a little bit earlier this evening when one of my contact lenses in the right eye got stuck up inside the eye. I kept having to blink often and to prod it down w/ my finger on top of the eyelid. I, finally, was able to get it out. Is this even normal at all?

 

[Aleser]

For those who wears contact lenses; I am curious about this. I kind of freaked out a little bit earlier this evening when one of my contact lenses in the right eye got stuck up inside the eye. I kept having to blink often and to prod it down w/ my finger on top of the eyelid. I, finally, was able to get it out. Is this even normal at all?

There's no way for the lens to 'get lost in' your eye or anything like that, so it's not dangerous. In the future, an easier way (with less risk of contamination from touching your eyes) to get your contact lenses to 'sit right' is to use a contact lens safe eye drop in that eye: it should float right down.

 

[Jolie77]

There's no way for the lens to 'get lost in' your eye or anything like that, so it's not dangerous. In the future, an easier way (with less risk of contamination from touching your eyes) to get your contact lenses to 'sit right' is to use a contact lens safe eye drop in that eye: it should float right down.

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to remember that.

 

[deafdude1]

I tried contacts briefly but they dried my eyes out within minutes and made my eyes ache. They were also annoying to put in and remove from the eyes, much faster and easier with glasses. Worst of all, contacts make things at close distances more blurry as I lose my nearsightness with them. I am considering Intacs however(Google this) which should reduce me from -4.5 to -1.75 and ill only need glasses for distance.

 

[rockin'robin]

Chronic dry eye(s) and allergies = no contacts for me!

 

[Aleser]

Chronic dry eye(s) and allergies = no contacts for me!

If you really wanted contacts, scleral or mini-scleral lenses may work for you: a full scleral lens would effectively cure your dry eye while it's in and create an allergen barrier.

 

[hohDougRN]

RockinRobin I use Patonal for frequent allergies in my eyes- it works pretty good. Also Restasis good for Chronic dry eyes. I don't know much other opthamologic meds.

I have just a tinge of nystigmus in my L eye but I hate the feel of the lenses for that + I can still read and see fine with regular lenses. I got a new pair of eyeglasses a few months agos, ahhh so much nicer than my old pair. they are those light flex frames.

 

[deafdude1]

If you really wanted contacts, scleral or mini-scleral lenses may work for you: a full scleral lens would effectively cure your dry eye while it's in and create an allergen barrier.

Ill pass.......look at the size........

 

[Aleser]

. Also Restasis good for Chronic dry eyes. I don't know much other opthamologic meds.

Actually, restasis only works in about 10% more patients than those in the control group, or about 15% of patients, and it may take months to find out if it works. Additionally, about 17% of patients in the studies reported burning, which for some people may be severe or last all day, and the various other side effects, including eye pain, blurring, or foreign body sensation, make up an additional 1-5% of side effects per side effect. To add to that particular house of cards, castor oil (the vehicle in restasis) has been studied to be cytotoxic, and is used despite recommendations against it's application in ophthalmic drugs.

It may be "an option" for treating dry eye, but I do not believe (despite the commercialization efforts on the part of allergan) it's remotely within the definition of a 'first line' treatment.

Non-drug treatments, like punctal plugging, or at-home warm compresses, environmental changes like using a humidifier, so on, should always be considered before jumping right to the big guns of medication: and there's other medications which may work for more patients and cause less side effects, like prescription lubricants (freshkote, lacriserts, ect)