How to avoid infections when wearing contact lenses

All fans of contact lenses, you must be aware of the risk of eye infections. Ophthalmologists from Switzerland gave a few tips to help you avoid these infections.

Before you touch your contact lenses, it is extremely important to thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water to the surface of the lens does not hit any pathogens. We place my fingers on the different surfaces in the house and on the street, so no wonder that we have on the skin are the bacteria and microbes. But it is important that they do not fall into the eyes.

When using contact lenses be sure to follow all the advice of your ophthalmologist. First and foremost, don’t sleep in contact lenses, in any case, do not use contact lens solution if its validity period has expired. Change lenses with the same interval recommended by their manufacturers and doctors.

It is very important to store contact lenses in order to avoid any infections. Adequate storage is required for contact-lens solution. Never rinse lenses with tap water, don’t store them in saline solution. Moreover, do not wet lenses with your saliva is very dangerous.

Fans of contact lenses should seriously consider quitting Smoking, if they still have the habit. Studies show that compared to nonsmokers smokers are much more often faced with eye infections due to contact lenses.

In the store and anywhere on the Internet you’ve probably already seen the colored contact lenses that seem to be so attractive. But it is better to stay away from them, because these lenses can cause irreversible eye damage and visual impairment. (READ MORE)