Allergies or infection?
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I recently went to a flower field (on Saturday) with my contacts on and had red eyes for a couple hours and it died down.
After that, I took off my contacts and took a shower and rubbed my eyes and came out to find both my eyes bloodshot.
It also "swelled" because when I closed my eyes halfway, I could see the white parts kind of fold(?) over my iris... and I could "feel" my eyeballs everytime I blinked.
The redness died down after a couple hours, and I slept and woke up with light red eyes that have died down more and more over time/over the days.
No extra crusting (than normal), just very very slight red eyes if I touch my eyes and some twitching in one eye.
I want to go back to wearing my contacts, but I'm not sure if this happened due to severe allergies (I have allergies but never had them affect my eyes so much) or if I have some kind of infection....
Any input appreciated!! Thank you!
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moon53540 rachelk123
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It sounds like a very bad allergy, if it were an infection it would get worse not better. Have you tried anti histamine and the eyedrops called eyelergy?
I would leave contacts out for about a week. don't push it when it comes to your eyes. It would be a good idea to see an opthalmologist in case there is a problem. When your eyes are irritated it is easy to give yourself a corneal abrasion which could lead to an infection.