Incorrect use of contact lenses can lead to eye infections and lead to loss of vision and eyeballs.
We’re inside September Sapphire, national awareness campaign on the correct use of contact lenses. The main pillars of the campaign are good hygiene practices when handling lenses and raising awareness of the risks of eye infections associated with improper use of lenses.
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Furthermore, the campaign highlights the importance of monitoring by an ophthalmologist in the indication, adaptation and use of contact lenses, underlines Dr. Isadora Meyer, ophthalmologist at the Hospital de Olhos de Cuiabá (HOC) .
“The main risks of improper use of lenses are the development of intolerance to the lenses, due to allergies and dryness of the ocular surface. And, the most feared, the risk of infections, which can be serious, with loss of vision and even loss of eyeball,” warns the doctor.
How to use contact lenses correctly?
According to the specialist, the main tips for using contact lenses correctly are that they fit the patient and are recommended and monitored by an ophthalmologist. Furthermore, it is important that its use always follows adequate hygiene habits. Among these, the most important are clean hands for handling lenses and a always clean lens case.
More than a replacement for glasses
Isadora also emphasizes that contact lenses are not just a replacement for glasses. “In some situations, such as in cases of high degree, lenses offer a better quality of vision than glasses. In others, such as in cases of moderate or advanced keratoconus, glasses cannot correct vision well. While an adequate adaptation of contact lenses performed by an ophthalmologist can offer normal vision to people suffering from this disease,” he says.
Source: Terra
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