Thursday, December 04, 2014

Use of Contact Lenses Can Leads to Blindness

In order to support the appearance and provide comfort , a lot of people who prefer to use contact lenses to replace glasses . Do you know if there is a contact lens use is not feasible to provide devastating effects ?

Contact lenses are not suitable to be used can make a person experiencing blindness . Its use can make up to having keratitis eye infection , the infected cornea condition microbes , fungi and other bacteria to lead to blindness . " The use of contact lenses can make a person look better than glasses , but they are also susceptible to infection so they have to be extra careful , " wrote Dr. Jennifer R. Cope , a medical epidemiologist at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Disease Infection CDC as reported Healthmeup .

Dr. Cope ensure they are using contact lenses must keep each time want to wear , and save back to maintain the condition of the eye in order to remain healthy . Contact lens wear during the day or more than 20 times greater risk of developing keratitis .

Although most cases of keratitis can be cured , but if ignored peradagangan to eat will cause blindness . Rarely clean or replace contact lenses can increase the risk keratisis .

To prevent keratitis , your contact lens users note the following points :

1. Wash hands with soap and water when they want to hold a contact lens .

2. Remove contact lenses before sleeping , bathing , or swimming .

3. Rub and rinse in disinfecting contact lenses before storage

4. Save special contact lenses in solution

5. Change the contact lenses