Wearing contact lenses incorrectly may cause blindness! These types of people are not recommended to use them →

Myopic friends all have the same problem

Wearing too many glasses

The eyes will appear small and dull

So many people choose to take off their glasses and wear contact lenses

But if you wear contact lenses for 10 hours a day

Wear for 10 years

What will happen?

Xiao Jing (pseudonym), a post-90s girl from Shenzhen

This is the type of contact lens wearer who wears contact lenses deeply.

Wearing contact lenses for nearly 10 hours a day

But recently

She suddenly felt a stinging pain in her eyes

Red eyes, dry eyes, and photophobia may also occur

Xiao Jing didn't pay much attention

Stopped wearing it because this happened before

You can recover

But this time it didn't get better

So Xiao Jing rushed to the hospital for treatment

After examination, it was found that the cornea was full of new blood vessels.

The final diagnosis was

Blepharitis of both eyes, keratoconjunctivitis of both eyes,

Doctor told her to stop wearing contact lenses

At the same time, corresponding drugs were prescribed

After 3 treatments, Xiao Jing showed significant improvement.

Why does dry eye occur?

Symptoms such as keratitis?

According to CCTV Finance report

Director Jie Ying, Deputy Director of Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, introduced

Long-term wearing of contact lenses will affect the oxygen metabolism of the eyes

Causes eye hypoxia. In addition, contact lenses are a foreign body in the eye.

Long-term wear

It will cause the stability of the ocular surface lining to decrease and ocular surface inflammation

Corneal and conjunctival epithelial cell damage

Which group of people are not recommended to wear contact lenses?

Jie Ying, deputy director and chief physician of Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology: The first category is patients with dry eye, especially those with moderate or severe dry eye. The second category is people who are allergic to the material of the contact lens itself or the contact lens care solution.

In addition, it is best not to wear contact lenses when swimming or doing other sports. Experts say that because contact lenses have adsorption properties, pathogenic microorganisms in the water are easily deposited on the lenses. Moreover, eyes that wear contact lenses for a long time have relatively weak resistance to pathogenic microorganisms and are easily infected by various pathogenic microorganisms.

In addition, it is not recommended to wear contact lenses when playing highly confrontational and contact sports such as basketball .

So how do you wear contact lenses?

Is it safe?

Experts recommend that before wearing contact lenses, you should go to the hospital for an eye examination to check for dry eyes, inflammation or eye hypoxia, and confirm whether it is suitable for wearing. Choose regular manufacturers and brands with good oxygen permeability and qualified materials.

Clean the lenses regularly and pay attention to the shelf life. Do not "overuse". Generally, you can only wear them for 4-6 hours a day. It is not recommended to wear them for too long. Especially at night, it is not recommended to wear them . Clinically, there have been cases of corneal inflammation or even ulcers, and finally blindness, caused by wearing them for a long time or even not removing them when sleeping at night.

Here is a reminder for everyone

Wear invisible

Be sure to learn to wear it scientifically to reduce damage to your eyes

It is recommended that you use your eyes for a long time

Wear glasses! Eyes are the windows to our soul

Be sure to take good care of it!

Source: CCTV Finance, Shenzhen Evening News, Western Decision Network