precaution while using contact lenses

Precaution while using Contact Lenses

A contact lens, or simply contact, is a thin lens placed directly on the surface of the eye.
21. Before handling your contact lenses
Wash your hands with soap and water and dry with a lintfree towel. When you first get contacts, make sure to put them on and remove them while still with your optician. You will be given a manual with instructions on caring for your contacts, and information on what to do if something goes wrong. Follow these instructions carefully as failure to do so can result in serious problems, such as infection or damage to your eyes.
22. To remove lenses
After you take out each contact lens from your eyes, gently rub with solution. Then rinse each lens with fresh solution before storing them for disinfection; be sure you squeeze enough solution into each case compartment to cover each lens. Even if the packaging of the solution you use reads no rub, you should still clean each lens to remove any germs, says Steinemann.
23. To put in lenses
After disinfecting your contact lenses according to the product directions on your solution bottle andbeforeyou put them back in your eyes, rinse off each contact lens with fresh solution. Discard used solution, rinse out the lens case with fresh solution (not water), and let the case air dry.
24. Some people should not use contact lenses for vision correction
Some people should not use contact lenses for vision correction. They include: 1Anyone who is too busy to be compliant with contact lens safety measures and thorough hygiene habits. 2People who work where there is a lot of debris in the air, such as sawdust. 3People who havedry eye problems. When you put a lens in the eye, it rests on tear film, says Steinemann. If you dont make enough tears, you could be at increased risk for infection.Contact lenses are safe to use, but only if you follow your doctors advice and these simple rules of care.
25. Always remove your eye makeup after removing your lenses
1. If you wear eye makeup or cosmetics, apply your eye makeup after wearing your lenses. Also, always remove your eye makeup after removing your lenses. People who have dry eye problems. When you put a lens in the eye, it rests on tear film, says Steinemann. If you dont make enough tears, you could be at increased risk for infection.
26. In order to avoid eye infections
In order to avoid eye infections, you should avoid handling your contact lenses excessively before wearing them. If you fail to wear your contact lens from the first try, wet and clean your contact lenses with a few fresh drops of solution before trying to wear them again.
27. Avoid having your eyes exposed to cream lotions
While wearing contact lenses, always avoid having your eyes exposed to cream lotions, hair spray, hair dryers, or deodorants. Such items will damage your contact lenses and may cause problems for your eyes. Anyone who is too busy to be compliant with contact lens safety measures and thorough hygiene habits.
28. Avoid in presence of environmental fumes
1. Always avoid wearing your contact lenses in the presence of environmental fumes, excessive smoke, dust or vapors and in severe windy conditions. Also, avoid wearing your contact lenses in the presence of chemicals, paint thinner, household cleaning substances, unusually polluted air, intense heat or any other abnormal atmospheric conditions.
29. In case your eyes become red
1. In case your eyes become red while wearing your contact lenses, or if you feel any discomfort wearing them and/or in the case of feeling any sort of a stinging or burning sensation or itching and irritation, excessive tearing, eye dryness, reduced vision sharpness and poor vision acuity, blurred vision, rainbows or halos surrounding objects, photophobia or severe sensitivity to light, unusual eye secretions, remove your contact lenses immediately, inspect them carefully, rinse and disinfect them thoroughly then wear them again. If the discomfort or problem persists, remove your contact lenses immediately and consult your eye practitioner.
30. What went wrong
The FDA has received several reports of corneal ulcers, keratitis, and other eye infections associated with using daily disposable contact lenses for longer than the period recommended. Ophthalmologists and other eye care professionals believe the reported problems are caused by contact lens wearers poor hygiene and failure to follow directions when using and caring for these types of lenses. Reports of consumers wearing daily disposable contact lenses for 6 or 7 days instead of 1 day are of particular concern. Eye problems, including corneal ulcers, can develop rapidly and lead to loss of vision. Patients with eye infections secondary to contact lens wear may require treatment with antibiotics. Some infections have led to serious injuries such as corneal ulcers that required corneal transplants.