CPAP & Contact Lens'...

VoicesInMyHead · Post by **VoicesInMyHead** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:40 pm

Greetings. Last night was my first night on my CPAP unit - went fairly well with 7.4 hours and only woke up twice to adjust mask. However, throughout the day my Night & Day contacts have really given me grief!

I really don't want to have to take out my contacts every night, and I am hoping that the issue is not related to my machine... and it's just a coincidence. Has anyone else had contact lens issues using CPAP machines? Thanks for any info!

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pedroski · Post by **pedroski** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:50 pm

I don't wear contacts but I wonder if it's to do with the pressure. Sometimes the air can escape from your tear ducts, so it's all connected in there somehow.

Peter

bookwrm63 · Post by **bookwrm63** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:12 pm

Voices,

What kind of grief? Dryness? Pain? When my mask leaks into my eye (while I'm asleep), I will have swollen, puffy lids and dry eyes in the a.m. Try some drops that are formulated for dryness for use with contact lenses. I had Lasik done a few years ago so thankfully have one less thing to worry about.

Mary

BTW, cool avatar! Did I say that? No, she did.......

VoicesInMyHead · Post by **VoicesInMyHead** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:17 pm

That's what I was wondering!

KimberlyinMN · Post by **KimberlyinMN** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:23 pm

I have a couple of issues with my contacts.

1) Sometimes when I wear my full face mask, I get air leaks that do weird things to my eyes. I don't wear my contacts at night, but when these air leaks occur, occasionally I can't wear my contacts the next day. It feels like there's a rip in the contact or something. It isn't the contact though, it's my eye. (Typically my right eye.)

2) With my current interface, the ComfortLite 2, I have air coming out my tear ducts. It really only bothers me when my eyes are open (like reading a book). I know this isn't a leak anywhere else. When I close my eyes, I don't feel the air leak. I've tried to feel any blowing air with my fingers near the air tube, but I don't feel anything.

Kimberly

VoicesInMyHead · Post by **VoicesInMyHead** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:25 pm

bookwrm63 wrote:Voices,

What kind of grief? Dryness? Pain? When my mask leaks into my eye (while I'm asleep), I will have swollen, puffy lids and dry eyes in the a.m. Try some drops that are formulated for dryness for use with contact lenses. I had Lasik done a few years ago so thankfully have one less thing to worry about.

Mary

BTW, cool avatar! Did I say that? No, she did.......

<GRIEF>dryness, scratchyness (that's a word in my world), redness and they feel "swollen"</GRIEF>

Not sure I could make myself sit through lasik... Me<Coward. Thanks on the avatar, I snagged it from somewhere and removed the animation.

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SleeplessInVirginia · Post by **SleeplessInVirginia** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:43 pm

Hi Voices,
I sleep in my contacts too, but don't seem to have any cpap related problems with them. I usually take mine out about every 5 days to give my peepers a rest and to let the lenses soak but other than that they do okay. I do keep eye drops on my nightstand and put them in as soon as I wake up so that probably helps keep my eyes comfortable.
Sorry I can't be of more help, good luck to you!

Mask

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