| Tips For Contact Lens Wearers To Keep Their | | | | doesn't getenough oxygen is a blood shot eye. A |
| Eyes Happy | | | | blood shot eye happensin response to the cornea |
| The cornea of the eye is one of the few | | | | looking for another way to getmore oxygen. |
| "breathing" organsof the body. Hence, contact lens | | | | Since the cornea is without blood vessels, |
| must be able to breathe inorder for you not to | | | | theretina pumps up its veins in attempt to absorb |
| experience the discomforts that manypeople | | | | more oxygen. |
| encounter upon wearing contacts. Some contacts | | | | This response can lead to other problems over |
| arebetter for some people's eyes since some | | | | time likecorneal neovascularization and macular |
| eyes are able toabsorb oxygen better. | | | | degeneration disease. |
| Unfortunately, not all eyes reactpositively to a | | | | If you encounter pain and swelling in your eyes |
| foreign object like contact lens. For somepeople, it | | | | while youwear contacts, immediately let your |
| takes some time for your eyes to adjust to | | | | regular physician oroptometrist know. These |
| directcontact with lenses. | | | | conditions are not natural for theeye and |
| The oxygen supply to the cornea is slightly less | | | | sometimes are caused by not properly caring for |
| absorbedwhen contact lenses cover the cornea. | | | | yourlenses. Routinely cleansing your lenses with |
| When the eye doesn'tget enough oxygen, it | | | | solutions isvery important to remove natural |
| becomes dry. Soft or flexibledisposable contacts | | | | deposits on the lenses andkeep your eyes |
| tend to alleviate this problem since thecontact is | | | | healthy. Special moisteners are available asdrops |
| very porous. A porous contact allows more | | | | for contact wearers. Since saliva carries |
| oxygento filter through. However, a very porous | | | | nastygerms, you shouldn't use your saliva to |
| contact alsofilters more natural light than an eye is | | | | wash off or cleanyour contact lenses. Another tip |
| used to. Toadjust for this problem, most people | | | | to keep your eyes fromgetting irritated while |
| find they must wear aslightly lower prescription. | | | | wearing lens is to always freshmakeup so that it |
| Also, by wearing sunglassesoutside, the wearer's | | | | doesn't flake into your eyes and slidebetween |
| eyes become less sensitive tosunlight. | | | | your lens and cornea. |
| Another condition that happens when your cornea | | | | Over 30 million Americans wear contact lens. |