Eye drops despite contact lenses - you need to pay attention to this
If you wear contact lenses and need to use eye drops, you should get good advice from your ophthalmologist.
Contact lens wearers need to watch out for a few things when using eye drops. Often you even have to focus completely on the eye treatment during the eye treatment contact lenses waive. Your ophthalmologist will certainly tell you in each individual case how the treatment proceeds and what needs to be observed.
How to use eye drops in spite of lenses
- If the eye drops are medicated, for example if you have an allergy, you must remove the contact lenses from your eyes before using the eye drops. Wait about five minutes to insert the lenses.
- If you have conjunctivitis, you must also remove the lenses before using the eye drops. Often, however, you cannot wear contact lenses with conjunctivitis, because they are like a foreign body in the eye feel and itch.
- If you have an eye infection, it is better to use daily disposable lenses during this time. This is safer for hygienic reasons alone. With monthly lenses you often transfer the Germs again and again in the eye; You have to clean the lenses every day anyway, but if a few germs remain on the lens, they will come back into the eye the next time it is inserted. That way, you'd never get the inflammation away.
- If you use eye drops that are only used to moisten dry eyes, you can safely leave the contact lenses in your eyes. In this case, it is best to buy eye drops that are specifically designed for contact lenses.
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These hygiene measures are necessary for contact lenses
- Hygiene is the top priority in order not to get an eye infection in the first place. Therefore, wash your eyes thoroughly before inserting and removing contact lenses.
- Always make sure that the lenses are not damaged before inserting them; if so, discard the lens.
- Even if the eye itches, try not to rub it while the lenses are in the eye. That irritates the eye.
- You should also replace the storage container for the contact lenses every four weeks, as germs can also collect in it, which then get into the eye through the contact lenses.
A lot of eye infections can be avoided with good hygiene. Should it come to that, you have to pay more attention to hygiene than before.
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