title: The contact lens--part 3.
abstract: The patient adapting to contacts, the overwearing syndrome, the lens surface and edges, the foreign body, the traumatized eye, the ocular/lid infection, and the allergy can all exhibit many similar symptoms. The innocent contact lens is often held accountable for problems that have their etiology in diametrically opposed areas.
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy