In order to prevent eye infections, there are some basic should be taken if you wear contact lenses. Basic contact lens hygiene is easy to follow and will help to keep your eye healthy.
Prior to placing contacts in your eyes, you need to thoroughly dry and wash your hands. The scrubbed thirty seconds under war water hand should be lathered.
Do not install contacts over a bathroom sink as sinks are full of bacteria and you may accidentally drop the lens down the drain. Instead of working on a desk or a clean table with a mirror. Open your contact case one side at a time so that you can make sure you don’t accidentally get your lenses mixed up.
After the first lens in place, repeat the process for the second one. Do not touch the tip of the bottle containing the solution of contact lens solution. This helps to keep the bottle and its contents sterile.
Don’t touch the contact lens solution bottles mouth with anything. This will help to keep the bottle and its contents sterile.
Although you should never rub your eyes, this is especially true if your contacts are in. You could scratch the cornea of your eye and cause major damage. Never use water or saliva and contact lenses should only be re-wetted with contact solution.
Watch your eyes for buildup of mucus like material. They should be removed and kept out until the problem has cleared up and this is an indication of a problem with the contacts. This is when you should allow eyes time to get better and stop contact contamination.
The contact lens case should be replaced every three months. You must replace your soft contact lenses as recommended by a physician. Do not attempt to wear your contact lenses longer than recommended by your doctor.
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