Hayfever Sore Eyes

[Sammy48]

can anyone recommend eye drops for bad sore hayfever eyes.

My daughter wears daily contact lenses and this morning her eyes are red raw.

I use Optrex Itchy Eye Drops but they are not for contact wearers.

TIA

[JB86London]

http://www.specsavers.co.uk/ask-the-optician/preservative-free-eye-drops-for-hayfever/

[sddsddean]

You need to go and see your Doctor and get Rapitil eye drops. They stop the worst of my itching, though sometimes my eyes still water a bit. Unfortunately you would have to pay a prescription charge for it, but it lasts 4 weeks and you can use it up to 3 times a day, though most days I get away with just once. I have asked if there is anything stronger, but apparently this is the best stuff you can get. Don't forget to attack on all fronts, so have an antihistimine tablet a day and nose spray (I use Fexofenadrine and Beconase), also on prescription I'm afraid.

[Retrochic]

I would suggest she puts vanity aside and gets herself some glasses for when her eyes are really bad. Pads soaked in Witchazel that have been kept in the fridge are good too. What hayfever medication is she taking?

[Sqad]

Good posts by JB86London and sddsddean suggesting the use of sodium chromoglycate or derivatives.
However there has been suggestions that even these should not be used in patients with contact lenses.

I am drawn to the post of Retrochic........if your daughter would put her vanity aside for a couple of days then antistin privine eye drops would clear it up within 3 days.

[jennyjoan]

peritize (is that the right spelling) really helped when I took bad infection in eyes due to using different makeup. really helped.

[DENZIL88]

Eyelergy drops. Single use phials. New on the market suitable for contact lens wearers. Although I wear daily lenses so use any eye drops as lenses are thrown away that night.