Ms. Peng, 47, of Wuhan, China, has been wearing contact lenses for 30 years, but her vision has become blurry recently. (Picture/reproduced from Hubei Economic Vision)
Many people with myopia choose to wear contact lenses for aesthetic reasons, but if they are not used to it properly, they may cause harm to their eyes. There is a 47-year-old Ms. Peng in Wuhan, China. She wears contact lenses every day, but finds that her vision is getting blurry and her corneas are covered with new blood vessels. She made a mistake that many people may make.
According to “Hubei Economic Vision”, Ms. Peng was diagnosed with high myopia 30 years ago. For the sake of appearance, she does not wear rimmed glasses, but chooses contact lenses. She wears them for more than 12 hours a day, wearing them as soon as she wakes up and only when sleeping. After taking it off, I didn’t expect that my eyes had symptoms of severe redness, photophobia, and tearing a few days ago. I went to the doctor and found that the cornea of both eyes was covered with new blood vessels.
Xu Rong, director of the presbyopia and cataract department of Wuhan Aier Eye Hospital Hankou Hospital, explained that after a large number of new blood vessels grow, the eyes are very prone to chronic inflammatory reactions, which will also affect the clarity of seeing and reduce the visual quality. . Because Ms. Peng has been wearing contact lenses for a long time, the oxygen content of the cornea is insufficient, which interferes with metabolism and produces a lot of cytokines, inducing the formation of new blood vessels.
Ms. Peng’s corneas are covered with new blood vessels. (Picture/reproduced from Hubei Economic Vision)
Xu Rong warned that many people who love beauty wear contact lenses for more than 10 hours a day for simplicity and convenience, which may not only induce the formation of new blood vessels, but even lead to infectious keratitis, corneal ulcers, corneal perforation, and seriously affect visual function. Therefore, when choosing contact lenses, it is best to choose ones with a higher oxygen content and a better fit with the curvature of the cornea. In addition, it is best not to wear them for more than 8 hours. If you can wear rimmed glasses, try not to wear contact lenses. If you are not wearing contact lenses, you must complete the four steps of cleaning, disinfection, rinsing and protein removal.
Step 1: Wash your hands thoroughly and dry them.
Step 2: After taking out the lens, place it in the palm of your left hand, drop 3 to 4 drops of multi-functional care solution, and gently rub the front and back sides of the lens with your fingertips for 10 to 20 seconds on each side.
Step 3: After cleaning the lens, rinse the lens with multi-functional care solution for 5 seconds on each side.
Step 4: Place the lenses in the glasses case, pour 2/3 of the care solution, and soak and disinfect as required.
In order to achieve the effect of cleaning lenses and preventing infection, no step can be omitted.
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2023-09-18 10:23:33
