When Contact Lenses Could Trigger Blindness

Women wear contact lenses (Photo: Corbis)

WHAT IS your contact lens users? Should be careful using it. Because if not hygienic to wear as well as take care of him, this item makes sense of vision is threatened blind. Really?

Although your body is hit by severe fatigue, you should not act recklessly by allowing the dirty hands off contact lens . The reason is, it can endanger the health of your eyes.

Yes, this habit is indeed a lot going on in society, especially the majority of Britons at which amounted to 3 million people who recognize unhealthy behaviors, such as written Dailymail.

Katie Richardson (24) found that poor lens hygiene will lead to many chronic eye diseases, including microbial keratitis to corneal inf ection. If left untreated, it can cause permanent visual damage to extreme cases such as blindness.

The eye has a natural protection against foreign objects, through a close eye on the fluid which contains protective enzymes during blinking which prevents any sticking to the surface of the eye. However, microbes from the air and water to penetrate the protective cells in the cornea.

bacterium Pseudomonas microbial keratitis is the most common cause, while the most dangerous of acanthamoeba, which is a cell organisms found in tap water so that it can make contact lens gets dirty.

Dr. Simon Kilvington, a microbiologist from the University of Leicester said that the corneal infection caused by Acanthamoeba is increased. In the UK alone each year there are findings reported new cases reached 50 species. The country is significantly more risky than those in mainland Europe due to the prevalence of existing water storage tank in their hou se.

Dr. Kilvington said, Pseudomonas and Acanthamoeba occurs naturally in the environment, especially in the bathroom.

"The existing water storage tank in the attic is often used to be a source of water in the toilet to the tap in the bathroom, which can cause microscopic development. Washing or storing lenses in tap water can cause big problems, "he described.

"In fact, the bathroom is not the best place to store contact lens . You should always use a special cleanser contact lens for the sake of a sterile solution of these devices. Not only that, reuse contact lens more than a month too dangerous. Because the small cracks that appear in the plastic over time is a breeding ground for bacteria that potential, "he added.

Parwez Hossain, a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton said that a large number of cases could be avoided if one set aside a special time for cleaning and storing lenses pro perly.

"Contact lenses are one of the major causes of corneal infection in which most of them from abuse in care how users. This includes Questioning your poor hand hygiene. Should carefully before you apply. Keep your hands clean by washing them before putting your contact lenses or take . Then store it properly and do not wear it more than the specified time period, "he concluded.

(tty)