White Blood Cells attacking cornea of eye?

Question

Has anyone who wears contacts ever had their white blood cells to attack the cornea in thier eye? If so what were your systems and how did you heal?

Answer 1

I just recently did and my eyes burned, watered, itched and were very bloodshot.  My ophthalmologist gave my eye drops with steroids and antibiotics in them.  I couldn't wear contacts for at least five days.

Answer 2

My son experienced this when he wore his contacts one day for many hours.  His eyes were blood shot.  I mean BLOOD shot.  It looked worse than when you have irritated eyes from lets say alllergies.  I took him to the eye doctor and they said they could see alot of white cells because he was getting an eye infection.  So he was put on antibiotic eye drops, steroidal eye drops and a moisturizing lubricant.  Needless to say, he never wore his contacts for that many hours ever again.  His eyes were pretty scarey looking......

Answer 3

normally cornea is avascular---only in infected conditions one thing,called infiltration occures with special apperence--- as you said wbc  really attack

Answer 4

You are probably referring to a condition called sub epithelial corneal infiltration.  This condition is usually associated with a viral infection of the cornea.  The white blood cells are not actually attacking the cornea itself.  They migrate from the blood vessels in the white part of the eye into the clear cornea in order to attack the infective agent (the virus).  

The inflammatory response of the eye to a viral corneal infection can cause symptoms such as:  photobophobia, blurred vision, watering of the eye, burning, etc.