Danger Contact Lenses

The use and utilization of contact lenses is now indeed become a trend among teenagers and adult women. I wonder if the contact lenses of different colors these days are common in optics, even sold freely in the online store.

However, not many users know about contact lenses sold through the online store or is not appropriate optical eye health standards. Including, production and storage method is less precise.

Sultan Agung ophthalmologist Eye Center (SEC) in Semarang, Central Java, said Dr. Nika Bellarinatasari SPM, contact lenses can cause corneal swelling and murky. It happened, partly because of the contact lens diameter is too small compared to the diameter of the cornea.

"This will potentially cause vision became blurred," he told the first high school student in Semarang, some time ago.

He explained that the production process is not good contact lenses can cause contact lenses contaminated with bacteria or fungi. As a result, when used eye infected with bacteria or fungi that are harmful. Serious infections in the eyes can cause blindness. During her run practice, at least he had handled five patients who become infected and lead to blindness due to contact lens wear.

Nika added, lack of hand hygiene and storage of contact lenses is also a trigger infection in the eye. Therefore, before you wear contact lenses, the user's hands must be clean. In addition, every week, you should contact lens storage area must be cleaned by using a specific tool.

Contact lens wear is not true, as too old and worn during the night can cause discomfort. It happened because, like other human body, eyes also need fresh air to 'breathe'. If the eyes are always covered with contact lenses for a long time, it is feared that covered the surface of the contact lens eye (cornea hypoxia) is deprived of oxygen.

Cases like this, continued Nika, facilitate infection in the eye. "Therefore, users of contact lenses is important to know the health and adverse effects that can be caused contact lenses," he said.

In order to overcome the dependence of contact lens wear, especially for refractive errors, can be done with the latest methods, namely the improvement of refractive errors by using a laser beam or LASIK. Various refractive error of the eye, such as the minus, plus, or astigmatism can be treated and cured with Lasik. "This method is safe and does not take a long time for recovery," he said. n ed: goddess Mardiani