Eye allergies and contact lens discomfort Ocular allergies in contact lens patients can be either environmental or due to contact lens solutions.
Environmental allergies are ubiquitous.
The eye may feel either itchy or as if there is a foreign body in the eye. A mild mucous discharge is most evident when you awaken. There is generally little pain or light sensitivity, unlike bacterial infections of the cornea . And unlike a bacterial conjunctivitis, there is usually no yellow discharge that causes the eyelids to stick together in the morning. In severe cases, steroid eyedrops are used.