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Common Mistakes in Contact Lens Care

Contact lenses are very popular nowadays, with benefits ranging from the practical to the cosmetic. With these benefits, however, come certain health risks. People who wear contact lenses should practice proper contact lens care procedures to minimize the risk of injury or eye diseases such as acanthamoeba keratitis. Unfortunately, there are several common mistakes that people with contact lenses make which expose their eyes to harmful microorganisms.

Mistake #1: Using Tap Water to Clean Lenses
It is only natural that people would use tap water to clean their contact lenses. After all, we use that same water for all our other cleaning purposes, whether it be washing our dishes or washing our hair. What you may not know is that tap water, even though it may be filtered before entering your home, is filled with impurities. These tiny impurities can build up on your contact lenses over time and irritate your eyes. Not only that, but tap water may also contain harmful bacteria which can cause eye infection and even blindness, in severe cases.

Mistake #2: Leaving Lenses in Too Long
Although many contact lenses are designed for comfort, we should never forget that they are essentially foreign objects that we place in our eyes. Contacts, particularly soft ones, are usually intended to be worn for limited periods of time, which may vary from type to type. When purchasing contact lenses, be sure to verify how long you can leave them in your eyes without posing a health risk. Because contacts tend to stifle the eye’s oxygen supply, they impair the eye’s ability to defend itself against infection if left in too long.

Mistake #3: Improper Care of Lens Case
Believe it or not, your contact lens case is not necessarily a sterile place to store your contacts – you have to keep it sterile. Like any other object, a contact lens case can easily become contaminated with impurities or a breeding ground for bacteria, if you are not careful. To avoid these risks, remember two tips. First of all, after you take your contact lenses out of the case, clean and rinse out the container using contact lens solution. Don’t use tap water, as the same risks in the first point above apply here. Second, however counterintuitive it may seem, do not close your lens case when the contacts aren’t inside. Doing so can trap moist air inside and allow bacteria to grow. Instead, let your case air dry between uses.

Aside from improper care habits, there are other ways that wearing contacts can negatively affect your eyes. One of these is the use of a defective contact lens solution. Advanced Medical Optics’ Complete Moisture Plus solution has been linked to many cases of acanthamoeba keratitis, a serious and dangerous eye infection.

If you have been a victim of this defective product, call a contact solution recall lawyer from Williams Kherkher today to discuss your case. Set up your free initial consultation by calling 866-950-9000 right away.