Soft Contact Lens Complications by Optom. Srikanth Dumpati

Online Optom Learning Series (OOLS) Sessions

Optom. Srikanth Dumpati, a contact lens (CL) expert begins by classifying some of the common causes of soft contact lens complications. He delves directly into the topic by elaborating more on each complication

  1. Risk factors for CL complications 
  2. Contributing factors 

After explaining the risk factors we learn in detail about clinical manifestations for each of the complications

  1. Hypoxia
    1. Epithelial edema 
      1. Microcysts 
      2. Vacuoles 
    2. Stromal edema 
    3. Endothelium 
    4. Corneal Vascularization 
  2. Mechanical complications 
    1. Contact lens papillary conjunctivitis (CLPC) 
      1. Stages 
      2. Signs 
  • Etiology 
  1. Management 
  1. Inflammatory or infectious complications 
    1. Superioir Epithelial Arcuate Lesion (SEAL) 
    2. Contact Lens-induced Acute Red Eye (CLARE) 
    3. Contact Lens Peripheral Ulcer (CLPU) 
    4. Microbial Keratitis 
    5. Differentiation between CLPU and Microbial Keratitis 
    6. Infiltrative Keratitis (IK) 
    7. Asymptomatic Infiltrative Keratitis (AIK) 
    8. Asymptomatic Infiltrates (AI) 

The session ends with a Q and A session for the live audience.