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Seing halos with contacts are signs and symptoms of?

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Many things: Could be dry eye, dirty contact lenses corneal, infection cataracts.

Answered 9/10/2013

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Depends: If you only see them with your contact on than they are related to your contact lenses. Have your lenses checked to see if you could be helped with better lenses.

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