According to reports from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention , most patients with keratitis, an eye infection, wear contact lenses. At least one million Americans visit doctors because of keratitis annually.
Dr. Jimmy Martin, a Broome Optical optometrist, describes keratitis as an infection that affects the cornea of the eye causing to become inflame. Keratitis can lead to blindness. Among the symptoms of this eye infection are
light sensitivity, pain, redness of the eye and having discharges coming
from the eye.
Dr. Martin advises contacts wearer to avoid wearing it for too long
or sleeping with your contacts on. Wearing contacts for a long period
can deprive the cornea of oxygen. When the cornea is not getting enough
oxygen, then keratitis sets in. One sign that the cornea is being
deprived of oxygen is when it starts to become red. Removing your
contacts from time to time can fix the problem right away. He also advises changing contact case once in a month.
"We
really recommend you replace those cases once a month, but sometimes
people don't," said Dr. Martin. "In fact, most people don't. They don't
really think about what's building up inside that case."
In
addition, Der. Martin suggests cleaning contacts using water is not
advisable at all. there are specific solutions that can be used to do to
avoid infection. "You introduce pathogens from our water supply on to
the contact, you're then putting it on to your eye so you're opening
yourself up to more types of infectious processes," Dr. Martin explains.
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