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Red Eye and Blurred Vision

Question

I've been experiencing slightly blurred vision for about a week now. It started after conjunctivitis which lasted approximately 3-4 days. Yesterday I wore my contact lenses and my eye watered and was very red and painful. I took my contact lenses out when I came home and it continued to water and hurt. This morning it felt better, and now it's less red and doesn't hurt at all, but the blurred vision is still there. I'm 19 years old and have been using soft monthly disposable toric lenses for a year or 2. I am living in Madrid where the air is drier and I seem not to be able to wear my lenses for as long as I can in England.

Answer Video and written answer:

The best advice would be to keep your lenses out and make an urgent appointment with your optician. I suspect you actually have a keratitis which is a corneal infection, this can be serious and needs urgent treatment.

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