Some comfort for contact lens wearers

New research out http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/wkh-cu043013.php highlights the beneficial effects on contact lens comfort from switching to a different lens/solution combination. As someone who has experience of not getting on particularly well with certain contact lens solutions when used with silicone hydrogel lenses, this comes as little surprise. My office based (sometimes) clinician has always advised me to go the preservative-free route and that seems to work. Anyway, this latest research found that roughly half of patients with contact lens-related symptoms reported improved comfort by switching to a different lens/solution combination. The study involved two groups of contact lens wearers - 24 patients who experienced discomfort at some point in the day and 13 symptom-free wearers. Patients were given best and worst combinations (based on previous studies) without knowing the combination they were using. Those wearers who had issues of discomfort rated the best combination as more comfortable, with little difference in the scores of the symptom-free patients. It is perhaps surprising that the results weren't even more decisive, however if you feel that your lens solution combination could be improved upon, it could be time to speak to your contact lens practitioner.