5. Don’t neglect caring for your lenses

If you are tired after a day of sightseeing, it might be tempting to fall asleep still wearing your contacts. This is not a good idea - unless you wear extended wear lenses, of course. No matter how tired and relaxed you feel, take your contact lenses out for night. See tips for contact lens and eye health

If you don’t want to care for your contacts during vacations at all, ask your doctor if extended wear contacts would suit you. Acuvue 2 can be worn without removal for up to 7 days, and Focus Night and Day for up to 30 days; they are great for vacations.

6. Be careful with sunscreen creams and inset repellants

Be very careful to avoid getting sunscreen or insect repellant in your eyes. If it gets into your eyes, it can cause serious irritation. If this happens, take your lenses out and give them a good clean.

7. Wear glasses on long flights

During long flights, most contact lens wearers feel miserable. This is because in an airplane, both atmospheric pressure and humidity are low. As a result, your soft contact lenses dehydrate and draw moisture from your eyes. Many people also nap during a flight, and sleeping in contacts isn’t recommended. If you can wear glasses as well as contacts, it is a good idea to do so in plane. If glasses are not an option, use special eye drops and make sure you drink plenty of water during your flight.

Keep these simple rules in mind when going on vacation, and your contacts shouldn’t cause any problems to prevent you enjoying your holidays.

Management a)Treatment The first and foremost thing is to consult your doctor and if possible allergy specialist for he would be able to determine two things: first, allergen and secondly cause of allergy. Finally when there has already been a reaction, then to treat this, there are certain medicines such as Elidel, Zyrtec, Flonase and Allegra. Elidel helps in itching and rashes. It is a new and safe drug, which comes in a cream form. Zyrtec is another safe drug. Because of its less likelihood of drowsiness as compared to other members of its group, it has received good patient compliance. Besides being used for seasonal rhinitis it is also used for runny nose in drug allergy. Flonase is another drug which although being steroidal is non-habit forming. It relieves patients of stuffy nose because of congestion. It can also be used in children. Allegra has similar use as zyrtec although it is even less sedating. b)Prevention It is best said that to manage in best way any drug allergy is to stay away from allergen that is drug.

Further research There are certain drugs such as xolair, which are still in their incipient stage, and not much of data is available