Dailies Contact Lenses

If you had GPC (Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis) do you have to wear daily disposables contacts?

I had GPC and I do not want to wear daily disposable contacts because I prefer 2 week contacts... Am i allowed to use 2 week contacts instead?

Public Comments

1. You don't seem to realize how easy your GPC's can come back , and probably even worse than the first time. You have to be very careful about contact lens wearing now, and maybe forever. The only lenses recommended for wearing again are daily disposables. It's probably 2 week lenses that gave you that problem to begin with , and it will just come back again. The health of your eyes are the important thing , and that what your Dr. cares about too.
2. Hi: It is my opinion that you should give up contact lenses totally until this problem clears. If you wear any kind of contact lens during this kind of infection it could make the problem worse. The lenses tend to absorb bacteria and even if they are discarded every day, I believe it will not promote healing. Give up your lenses for a week or two. Your eyesight is worth it.
3. No, you don't HAVE to wear daily disposables. I know because I have GPC and my eye doctor has told me that, so long as your symptoms are under control (no itching, no discomfort, lenses are not riding up in your eye), you can manage even 6 months or yearly contact lenses so long as you properly clean them (and that has to REALLY be done well) and use antihistamine eye drops once or twice a day to keep the symptoms from coming back. Please please please visit http://bestcolorcontacts.blogspot.com/ and read the entry on GPC because it will help you. You should also read on the care of your contacts because it teaches how to properly care for the contacts (what to use, etc).