List of contact lens complications

This is a list of complications that may result from the use of contact lenses.

Eyelid

• Ptosis

Conjunctiva

• Giant papillary conjunctivitis
• Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis

Cornea

• Epithelium
• Corneal abrasion
• Corneal erosion
• Contact lens acute red eye (CLARE)
• Corneal epithelial infiltrates
• Keratitis
• Corneal ulcer
• Corneal stroma
• Corneal neovascularisation
• Corneal oedema
• Corneal infiltrates
• Corneal endothelium
• Endothelial polymegathism

See also

• Effects of long-term contact lens wear on the cornea