Do you know of Eye inflammation due to prolonged use of contact lenses ?

I would not use contact lens anymore. I would go back to use normal glasses again. Actually eye inflammation is dangerous and could be get worse if you use contact lenses again. Try to achieve your eyes healthy with the treatment. Take care!

I wear extended wear lenses. I wear them for weeks at a time, all day, all night. When I finally take them out because I can't see with them anymore, I toss 'em and put in a new pair. No fuss. No muss. BUT don't tell my eye doctor I wear them for weeks...um...sometimes, months, because they are only recommended for 1-2 weeks and my doctor says 1 week. I do it because I've been wearing contacts for years and I'm used to it. I do not recommend this practice, but it works for me because I am comfortable doing it. That doesn't mean I haven't had problems in the past. Several years ago, my eyes became so inflamed and painful, I could not even bear the light. Emergency visit to the doctor, because I could not even get my eyes open long enough to take out the contacts. Similiar to your situation. She didn't say overuse, but she said my eyes had dried out so much that the contact was pulling cells off my eye. It could have been a environmental cause, medication, we never got it narrowed down. But oh yeah, I had to wear my glasses with the thick coke bottle lenses (I am legally blind without corrective lenses) for a couple of days. Of course, as soon as my eyes felt better, the contacts went back in. There was one other recent occasion. I work as a stagehand and had just done two back-to-back concerts that had plenty of pyros and fog machines (one being KISS, so you can imagine the fire power) and it really dried out my contacts and irritated my eyes. This time, my doctor (knowing how much I hate glasses) gave me a supply of daily-wear throw-away lenses that were real thin. She said they would be less invasive and irritable to my eyes. Just wear them all day and throw them out before sleeping. In all the years I have worn lenses (and I started with hard lens), I have been lucky considering how I have abused them. I realize I sometimes push it too far. Shhh...again, don't tell my doctor. I'll deny all of it.

Though much improved quality of contact lens is now available, yet prolonged use of contact lenses may cause inflammation of the eyes. So contact lens users should keep this fact in mind and act accordingly. Moreover, any problem of eyes should not be neglected and be brought to the attention of an ophthalmologist, otherwise, a yearly check up is useful.

Oh my. I wear mine all day. did not know all this. thanks for letting me know. take care.