Can you wear a contact lens when you've scratched your cornea?

Question

my contact has been out for several hours since i scratched my cornea, and it still hurts, but the difference of the vision in one eye vs. the other is giving mea headache, and i don't have a pair of glasses i can wear.

Answer 1

Don't put your contact in...Put a patch over your eye. This might help with the headache.

Answer 2

Do not put the contact back in

cover your eye or take the other one out.

if you irritate the eye more you can get a bigger scratch on it and you can get scar tissue.

do not use get the red out drops

to make your eye feel better get lubricating eye drops

the ones that are like your own tears

also there is a night time gel for dry eyes (many different brand names depending on what Country you live in)

ask the pharmacist

it is a thick goop

but it will make your eye feel better.

it should take one to two weeks for your eye to get better.  

Answer 3

Nope, don't put those contacts in. One of my friends had an eye infection and she told me how her doctor said that if anything is wrong with the eye, the last thing you want to do is put contacts in (she wears contacts), so I'm guessing this includes scratches.

I wouldn't put drops in if I were you, but wait it out. Take an excedrin migraine pill & try to rest. As soon as possible, go to the eye doctor & get it looked at. Also, ask if you can get a pair of glasses. Glasses are great if you are too lazy to put in your contacts, and for many other reasons.

Answer 4

take out the other contact and buy glasses. its gonna reallyyy hurt if you put in a contact with a scratched cornea. and i don't think you should use red eye eye drops. just leave the eye alone for now.