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Soft vs. Hard Contact Lenses |
Contact lenses today have being causing problem but we must remember that the technology of these days is better than in the past years. Although contact lenses have many infection problems, people prefer them instead of glasses in many cases. People are not only using contact lenses because they are having problems with vision, they use them in many cases because they want to improve their look.
Many are the causes of contact lenses infections. One the reason of contact lens infections both in cheap contact lenses and expensive ones is due to over use of them. This is the case, for example, of soft contact lenses that we must use them just for a week and we use them for two week. We must remember these kinds of lenses are not hard contact lenses that you can use for a long period of time.
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| Eyes hygiene |
Another cause of contact lens infection is bad hygiene. One the things that are causing most problems with contact lenses is when we do not have proper care of our hands, our fingernails and many other factors. Also we must take care of our eyes, and due to this we must ask for a prescription from a doctor to prevent contact lenses problems.
Another problem caused by the improper use of contact lenses is the corneal ulcer. This disease is caused by a parasite. If you are practicing swimming and you do not have a good hygiene and use contact lenses, then you are in a serious danger because you can acquire this disease. If it is not treated in the proper manner corneal ulcer can take you to the hospital for a short or long period of time. In many cases, if it is not treated in the right way, this can cause partial loss of your vision.
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| Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis |
Another important disease that can be cause by the wrong use of contact lenses is the GPC which means Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis. The symptoms of this disease are mucus and itching, but you just have to stop wearing the contact lenses to fix the problem. Another problem is the irritation, but you can resolve this is you change your contact lenses, many times you buy the cheapest contact lenses in town and you get irritation.
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