Contact Lenses

I try to only wear my contact lenses as little as possible, maybe 6-8 hours a day or if I know I'm not going out at all, I'll skip wearing my contact lenses for the day and I make sure they get cleaned daily regardless of wearing them or not.  Recently I gave my eyes a "break" for a couple of days, after the second day, I wore my contact lenses as usual and by the end of the day my eyes were red and watery almost as if they were infected.  I decided to throw them away immediately and gave my eyes a break for a week.  My eyes seemed a little better although they were still a little red and watery.  I bought a new case for my contact lenses, opened up a new set, put them in my eyes and by the end of the day they did the same thing!!!  I've been wearing the same brand for the last 4 years.  I'm not sure what's going on.  Suggestions???

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Any one wearing contacts should be under the care of an optometrist or ophthalmologist. Stop wearing the contacts and see one of those two types of contact fitter

JCH MD