Are You at Danger From Bad Contact Lens Habits?

Contact lenses have been getting a lot of attention recently as the Center for Disease Control has been studying to see if contact lens users’ bad habits affect their health. Many contacts lens wearers tend to clean too infrequently, wear their contacts past the expiration or wear them overnight against advisement.

In fact, most contact lens users don’t care for them properly and this study looks at the severity of the effects. Not only does improper care pose a big health risk for eye infections caused by fungus, bacteria or waterborne amoebas, but unknown and untreated infections can cause permanent …read more