Slept with contacts, and now my right eye HURTS!?

Question

I accidentally slept with my contacts in last night, adn woke up because my left eye was hurting a little. I accidentally rubbed my eyes, then took them out to clean and put them back in, and now my right eye kind of has a burning sensation, and is pretty red with continuous tearing. I keep irrigating it with eye wash, and it kind of helps, but not really. It is more of a stinging pain, and it sucks with the watering. What can I do to make it better? Thanks in advance for any advice!

Answer 1

if you are having pain in your eye, take the contacts out immediatly - keeping them in, no matter how much you rinse them out is going to make the problem worse.  It sounds like you have an infection.

i have a list of "Emergency Symptoms" here in our optical and the 2nd one on the list for immediate appointment is "Pain in the eye"

keep in mind, contacts DO block the oxygen to your eye, keep those lenses out and call your eye-doctor!