Why disposable contact lenses are safer for your eyes

Contact contacts can spread potentially sight-threatening infections, even when you clean them completely, based on new information.

Several Italian researchers has learned that

non-disposable contact contacts may get bacteria even if drenched in lens cleaning solution, meaning it may be far better to put on disposable contact contacts which are only used once.

The research by scientists in the College of Sassari recognized a kind of bacteria on a single patient's contact contacts that triggers eye infections.

The researchers believe the bacteria had spread towards the contact contacts in the contact situation, despite the fact that the contacts were drenched in cleaning solution, although it wasn't obvious in which the bacteria had initially originate from.

The outcomes claim that washing the contacts, although not the situation, would still spread infections.

Lead author from the study, Antonia Pinna told New Researcher magazine, 'The findings strengthen the situation for implementing disposable contact contacts which come ready sterilised rather than have to be washed.'

The Federation of Opthalmic and Meting out Opticians states that many of their people now sell very little else but disposable contact contacts. 'For a variety of reasons and easy cleaning, disposable contacts seem sensible to numerous people,' states Bob Hughes, general secretary of FODO.

The most recent figures from FODO reveal that 217 million contact contacts were offered within the United kingdom this past year. Disposable contacts now constitute an astounding 99 percent of the market, a 30 percent increase from 1999. 'The figures show there's a quite rapid move towards disposable contact contacts,' states Bob Hughes.

Simultaneously, there's been a 39 percent reduction in the quantity of traditional soft contacts that individuals are purchasing as well as an 18 percent stop by the amount of hard contact contacts offered. Contact contacts still only take into account between six and 7 percent from the total eye-put on market within the United kingdom.

'Nearly all contact lense users later on will finish up putting on disposable contact contacts,' states Bob Hughes. 'Some individuals will still special prescription contacts, however for regular people they'll be virtually all they require.A

Melanie Corbett, an advisor opthalmic surgeon at London's Western Eye Hospital states putting on any foreign body around the eye makes infections much more likely. 'Most eye infections may be easily removed track of anti-biotics, but despite treatment there's a danger of harm towards the cornea, negligence the attention that's accountable for focusing.'

FODO suggests seeing your optician for additional information regarding how to correctly take care of your contacts and cut the chance of distributing eye infections.