CDC: Many Contact Lens Wearers Put Themselves At Risk Of Eye Infections
- 9 years ago
The CDC conducted a survey of contact lens wearers and found that nearly all the participants admitted to engaging in behavior that puts them at risk.
If you wear contact lenses, you’re probably not caring for them properly.
In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has recently released a report that finds that nearly 100 percent of their 1,000 survey respondents admitted to improperly handling their contacts in some way.
82.3 percent reuse their lens cases for too long.
About half sleep with their contacts in and slightly more add new solution to old instead of starting fresh each time.
Some even forego solution, with many using tap water&nb
If you wear contact lenses, you’re probably not caring for them properly.
In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has recently released a report that finds that nearly 100 percent of their 1,000 survey respondents admitted to improperly handling their contacts in some way.
82.3 percent reuse their lens cases for too long.
About half sleep with their contacts in and slightly more add new solution to old instead of starting fresh each time.
Some even forego solution, with many using tap water&nb