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Red blood shot eye

Hi, yesterday afternoon my eye felt irritable as if my contact lens had been in too long, this was around 3pm, I had taken the contact out and wore my glasses, at around 11pm my whole eye was completely bloodshot, although it was completely red, it doesn’t have any pain/ affect my vision; it does hurt when I try to sleep as my eye lid is resting on the irritable area, it almost feels bruised where it is most blood shot although I have no bruises on my eye lid or any swelling, as for discharge, it had a little bit when I had woken up but has been completely clean and the white of my eye has remained completely white?
I’m not sure what has caused this and unsure what to do as most doctors and opticians are not open due to covid 19, I’ve been bathing it with boiled water but not sure if it could be something else?
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177275 tn?1511755244
First and foremost, do not resume contact lens wear ONLY WEAR YOUR GLASSES.  If you have pain, severe blurred vision or sensitivity to light develop you will need to contact the optometrist or ophthalmologist that fit you. Even though offices are closed  ophthalmologists and optometrists are still answering their phones and seeing emergency cases. Continued contact wear could cause a infected corneal ulcer which could result in permanent loss of vision.  Both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Academy of Optometry say if can wear glasses just as easily as contacts safer with glasses. If continue to wear contacts meticulous handling, cleaning AND DISPOSE OF METICULOUSLY AS THE CONTACT LENS INSTRUCTIONS RECOMMENDS.  THAT IS IF THEY ARE TO BE REPLACED AT THE END OF A WEEK, THEN DO EXACTLY THAT. DON'T WEAR THEM LONGER THAN RECOMMENDED AS MANY PEOPLE DO.
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