Why did my eyesight noticeably worsen in 1 day?

Question

I wear contacts everyday and usually have a stable healthy vision. one day though after taking out my contact in my right eye and looking at my phone i noticed it got worse by about 0.5. thinking it would go back to normal it still hasnt and is irritatingly more blurry than my left eye. it has also been very red sometimes at night. can someone explain??

Answer 1

yeah this doesnt sound like Rx change, this sounds like contact lens induced edema, either inflammatory or infectious.

time for a trip to the optometrist

Answer 2

you may be developing an eye ulcer. Do you keep your contacts on for more than one day? you should take them out every night to sleep to avoid ulcers and infections. Also, sometimes your vision gets adjusted to seeing with contacts so when you remove them you feel like you see worse than you did back when you didn't wear them but in reality it is just that you are used to seeing so now it looks even more drastic when you dont have the contacts on.  Either way, long exposure to television and sunlight, or reading in the dark, or straining your eyes to see in the dark or too much computer use can cause strain on your eyes and affect your vision.