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Slept with contacts on last night and woke up with red, crusty, matted eyes. what do i do?

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Dr. Sadiqa Stelzner answered

See your eye doc: You want to see your eye doc. Contact lens can cause eye infection or ulcer which needs immediate treatment.

Answered 11/8/2012

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