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amyxol

Got water in my eyes whilst wearing contact lenses - anxiety about Acanthamoeba keratitis

I was wearing my contact lenses whilst I got a quick shower. I never do this usually but was showering in the middle of the day. My shower today of all days had a leak which caused a lot of water to spray directly into my eye. I immediately dried my face and hands and removed both of my contact lenses.

Since getting out the shower I have put 3 lots of eye drops in my eye. I've heard a lot of horror stories about Acanthamoeba keratitis and I'm the type to worry incessantly about this kind of thing. Is the eye drops washing my eyes enough? Is there anything else I should do? Like I said I immediately removed my contact lenses and will NEVER shower in them again.

Edit: I also wear daily disposables so the lenses were immediately thrown away.

Posted Aug 17, 2017, 7:30 PM UTC

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