Sleeping with contact lenses causes this serious illness

Citizen – follow up

Two US researchers have recommended that contact lenses be followed with extreme care when handling these lenses.

In their study, published in the annual issue of the medical journal "Analys of Emergency Medicine", researchers advised contact lens wearers to meet daily and long-term sterilization standards and to change used lenses in time to avoid any corneal infection. And warned of drowsiness with lenses, because it is very dangerous.

The researchers said: Young people and adults are more recent than sleeping without giving up their lenses, although the mere repetition of these lenses can cause inflammation of the cornea.

"Sleeping with contact lenses can lead to infections and, in some cases, chronic injuries … even though a third of those surveyed said they sleep from time to time without giving up their lenses," the researchers said. .

According to the German Association of Ophthalmologists, the number of contact lenses in Germany is about 3.4 million.