I wear contacts. Yellowish gunk comes out of my left eye or extremely teary all the time. What could it be?

Question

My contacts are always kept very clean and due to insurance, the Dr. is not an option

Answer 1

This could be sign of infection or that you are keeping them in too long and making your eye uncomfortabe.

Make sure your lenses are kept very clean.

Answer 2

eye pee?

Answer 3

go and consult ur doctor

Answer 4

We need to know how long this yellow gunk has been happening...I know when I've had pink eye in the past I get that stuff. Make sure you are washing your hands a lot and not touching your eye because you are transferring germs.  I know going to a dr is expensive but call around and see if maybe one would bill you. I have worked in an eye dr's office and people would call us asking all the time. And if you have insurance but you still have a copay, they are even more likely to let you do that because then they know that even if you skip out on your bill, they will still get something from the insurance.  If you don't have ANY insurance, and money is that tight for your family, I don't see why you couldn't get Medicaid. (Unless your family makes too much money) But you really need to have this checked. If you have a tv or some sort of electronic, post it on craigslist and sell it, then maybe you can make the money for the dr.

Answer 5

Could be an infection. Better get it looked out by your eye doctor asap. Until you do, take the contacts out and leave them out.

Answer 6

The yellow color of the "gunk" pretty much tells you this is a bacterial infection.  I am not trying to be rude BUT I think you need to rethink whether you should continue to wear contact lenses.  Wearing contact lenses has to do with more than can you afford to purchase the lenses themselves.  It has to do with whether you can afford to access proper care when problems occur with the contact lenses.  If you are not able to afford this type of care I would recommend you discontinue wearing contact lenses until a later time when you may be more able to safely wear contacts and care for the health of your eyes as needed.