Stop Wear Contact Lenses While Sleeping!

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SOME types of contact lenses are designed to be used in a long time, but most of the contact lenses are worn daily should be cleaned every night before bed. In fact, contact lenses should not be worn to bed.
Failure to follow the rules of hygiene when wearing contact lenses can lead to tragic consequences. Katie Richardson (24), patients from the UK, have suffered corneal infections that could potentially cause damage to eyesight and even blindness.

Since the age of 14 years, Katie has been using the lens, so it feels very comfortable and sometimes forget to wear them during the night. After using disinfectants, contact lens and Katie washed with water.

Katie was awa kened by pain in his left eye. Initially, he thought it was conjunctivitis, but the pain will only increase his suffering. Soon he could not open his eyes. The inflammation turned out to have been triggered by fungal infection. So that was quoted from Genius Beauty , Sunday (08/28/2011).

Eyes protected fluid that is located on the upper surface. The liquid containing enzymes, and when it flashes, we clean the surface of the eye. But sometimes the bacteria penetrate the protection, penetrating into the protective layer of cells in the cornea.

microbial keratitis is most often caused by pseudomonas bacteria, but the most dangerous is acanthamoeba, which can be found in tap water. That is why the bathroom is not the safest place to store contact lenses.

The use of contact lenses that are too long, even without a break can also cause the formation of microscopic cracks that bacteria can easily penetrate inside.

Mi crobial keratitis, the most dangerous complication of wearing contact lenses, developed rapidly. Another thing that makes treatment more complicated is that the contact lenses reduces the sensitivity of the eye, so people are aware of the infection at an advanced stage.

According to Simon Kilvington microbiologist from the University of Leicester, the number of people suffering from Acanthamoeba infections has increased (50 cases registered each year in England alone).

Research has shown that wearing contact lenses make the risk three times greater keratitis, and if you keep using it until the evening, the likelihood of infection is increased by up to 20 times.
(NSA)