Avoid these 5 dangerous mistakes with contact lenses

Many people are using contact lenses sometimes to improve the appearance. Nedolyublivaya points because they are not very attractive, more and more people tend to wear contact lenses, but they unduly care about them, what their vision is at risk.





A report released this year by the Centers for control and prevention of diseases of United States (eng. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — CDC) reported on some of the most common and dangerous errors of those who wear contact lenses:

1. 50 and 87% of people sleeping and sleep in their contact lenses, respectively;
2. 50% never replace your contact lenses, and 82% do not replace them often enough;
3. 85% of people taking a shower with a lens, which can get bacteria from water;
4. 85% of people recognized that they adhered to old disinfectant solutions for contact lenses;
5. 55% of respondents are using an outdated contact lenses.

"People usually do one of these behaviors," said Dr. Jennifer cope, a CDC medical epidemiologist and lead author of the report.

Owners who commit one or more of these optical sins were exposing themselves to infection, and may also lose vision.

"We believe that such events contribute to the spread of microorganisms that can cause infection, and then subsequent behavior can deteriorate in such a way that it may cause infection". According to the authors of the report. They added that taking a shower in the lens may promote bacterial growth. Long wearing lenses contributes to the accumulation of pollutants, the amount of which can greatly increase.

According to the report, one third of those who wear contact lens, had to visit the doctor because of pain or redness the eye.

History of Chad Groesen — a cautionary tale. When his left eye began to itch, he assumed it was allergies. After the eyes began to tear, he thought it was just sinusitis. In Cincinnatian the eye Institute was surprised by the incident and told him that the cause of all this lies in his contact lenses, which caused a bacterial infection of the eye. Because of this, he quickly began to collapse the cornea.

Groesen used contact lenses with small wear, which according to the statements of the FDA can even sleep. He believed that these lenses require special care, so he is not often looked after. In the end Groesen acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas), which is one of the most serious types of bacterial eye infections. American Academy of ophthalmology warns that those who sleep with contact lenses on the eyes, increase the risk of this infection.

The infection was so serious that some of the cells in the cornea Groesen began to wither away. Although the infection was cured, he was left with a scar that prevents him to see he needed a corneal transplant.

As the report notes, many owners contact lenses not even know they are doing something wrong. published

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