I first realized something was wrong when the outside half of my left eye was red more often than not. Since I wear contact lenses and am on the computer a lot for my work, at first I thought it was related to that. Not to mention that most of this year I’ve noticed that my eyes felt really dry most days. I also started noticing that, even without my contacts in, my left eye felt irritated late in the day when my eyes were tired from reading or the computer.

Now, when I’m talking about a red eye I’m talking about more than just a Visine moment. Picture the white on both sides of your iris. Now picture that white half on the whole outside (nearest your ear) part of your eye is really red … like blood red. Yeah, not an attractive look! I’ve actually seen a couple of people with that look in the past and wondered what could cause that much red. I eventually found out what caused mine.