Management of contact lens-associated papillaryconjunctivitis using gas-permeable contact lenses

Abstract

Patients with contact lens-associated papillary conjunctivitis have normally been managed using soft contact lenses.The aim of this study was, firstly, to see if these patients could be managed using hard gas permeable contact lenses and, secondly, to find out if there were any differences between the performance of two different types of hard gas-permeable materials. The results show a good refit success with hard gas-permeable contact lenses in a sample of 28 patients with asymptomatic contact lens-associated papillary conjunctivitis. The type of contact lens material used, however, did not affect the success rate.