Almost all contact lens wearers in national survey report risky eye care

Over a third of the surveyed users of contacts reported they had sought medical care for painful red eyes related to the wearing of contact lenses.

Over half said that they had slept overnight with their lenses in and more than 87% admitted they had fallen asleep in their contacts at some point, making napping the most common offense. Over 82 percent of the respondents also used their lens cases past the recommended time frame, while 35 percent of them used tap water to clean their lenses, which is extremely bad for contacts.

Contact wearers are sleeping in them, swimming in them and reusing dirty solution.

A man who has gone blind after sleeping with contact lenses in has spoken in the hope that it will prevent new cases.

Disrupt Your Feed: I’ve been wearing my lenses for three weeks straight now.

Chad Groeschen developed a unsafe bacterial infection in his left eye after sleeping in contact lenses.

“And even though the industry required that manufacturers differentiate, it seemed like a more profitable route to offer contact lenses which met all wearers” needs.

The U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a report on contact lens use and hygiene issues among U.S. lens wearers.

Speaking to Optician about the winning product in the Contact Lens Product of the Year, Gentle 80, Carter said silicone Hydrogel’s oxygen performance had made it a “holy grail” for contact lens makers but suggested its chemistry didn’t suit everyone.

Contact lens should be replaced regularly, as well as its cleaning solution.

– Remove contact lenses immediately and call an eye care provider if you are experiencing eye pain, discomfort, redness, or blurred vision. And 61 percent swam while wearing lenses.

The agency said that this survey was most disturbing because only adults were included. “One thing that we see people doing a lot is using the lenses beyond the lifetime of the lens”, American Academy of Ophthalmology spokesman Thomas Steinemann tells USA Today.

This is why strong discipline is imperative for the correct use of contact lenses, because all of these situations could lead to eye infections, ranging from less complicated ones that are treatable and people can fully recover from all the way to severe eye infections, that might even lead to blindness. Hands must always be thoroughly washed and dried before handling contacts, never sleep in contact lenses unless given permission by a healthcare specialist and contacts should always be removed prior to showering or swimming.