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What Happens If Your Contact Lens Gets Stuck in Your Eye

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If you wear contacts then chances are you’ve had a lenses get stuck in your eye before. It’s a pain but it isn’t a crisis, there’s no reason to panic. Nothing really happens. First things first, let’s dispel an old wives tale. It’s impossible for a contact lens to get stuck behind your eye. This myth started because a contact can fold up under you eye lid and be difficult to find. Don’t worry it’s there. If you just roll your eyes and look side to side eventually you will see the lens and be able to remove it.

If the lends is physically stuck in place it’s probably from dryness. Don’t try to just pluck it off your eyeball. Instead use some saline solution or artificial tears to lubricate your eye first. The lens will hydrate and come out easily.

If a contact lens has folded up inside your eye then you’ll have to manipulate it to get it out. The first thing you can try is pinching your eyelid and move your eyes from side to side. This should work the lens down where you can grab it between your fingers to remove it.

If all this fails then you’ll need to take a trip to your eye doctor so it can be removed. It’s not going to hurt you to leave the lens in overnight. Your eye might be a little irritated but it’s not damaging. The only time you have to worry about damaging your eye is if you just ignore the problem and leave the lens in place. Bacteria can breed and damage your eye in this scenario.

What happens if your contact lens gets stuck in your eye? Not much, you’ll feel a little discomfort and you’ll need to eventually remove the lens. These few tips should help solve the problem

How to Care for Gas Permeable Contact Lenses

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Caring for gas permeable contact lenses isn’t as easy as just tossing out a pair of disposable soft lenses. It will take a little bit of effort. It’s still a much better solution than wearing glasses though.

With contact lenses you don’t have to worry about getting those unsightly nose indentations or looking bug eyed from a really strong prescription.

The first thing you need to do is clean and sanitize your hands. Be sure to scrub thoroughly to remove any dirt and grime you might have on your hands. If you don’t it’s going in your eye. If you don’t use antibacterial soap then it’s a good idea to use hand sanitizer after you finish washing up.
Next thing you’ll want to do is plug the sink drain. Trust me, I’ve lost enough lenses down the drain, don’t learn the hard way.
Remove a contact lens from your eye and place it on the tip of your index finger or in the palm of your hand.
Next rinse the lens again, this time with saline solution this will keep any gunk that might be in the tap water from getting in the lens.
Place the lens inside its storage case.
Fill the contact lens cap up with a conditioning solution and then close the lid.
Use a couple drops of cleaner solution to fill up the contact lens. Work the solution in with your fingers for about half a minute. Don’t rub too hard though or the lens might tear.
Once you’re finished scrubbing rinse the lens off with some tap water to get rid of all the cleaning solution.
Next rinse the lens again, this time with saline solution this will keep any gunk that might be in the tap water from getting in the lens.
Place the lens inside its storage case.
Fill the contact lens cap up with a conditioning solution and then close the lid

Can’t See the Wood for the Trees! How to Clean Hard Contact Lenses

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Being able to wear contact lenses is much more freeing than being stuck with glasses. For one thing you aren’t constantly looking for where you left your glasses! Unfortunately not all of us are a good fit for soft contact lenses. Hard contact lenses may take a little bit of getting used to and they do require a little bit more effort and care than the more common soft and disposable lenses.

Here are a few tips on how to clean hard contact lenses.

Since you don’t just toss out a pair of hard contacts when they get dirty you’ll need to take a little bit more care with removal and cleaning than you normally would with soft lenses.

The first thing you will want to do is scrub your hands. If they are dirty you can’t get the lens clean.

Before going any further a good tip is to install your sink stopper. You don’t want to drop an expensive lens and have it go down the drain.

After you’ve washed and rinsed your hands go ahead and pop out the first lens into the palm of your hand.

Pick up the bottle of hard contact lens cleaner solution and pour a couple drops into the lens.

Gently rub the lens in a circular motion to remove any built up dirt or protein deposits. Do this for about 20 seconds.

Once the contact lens is clean use a bottle of saline solution to rinse off all of the cleaner.

Place the hard contact lens into its case. Then fill the case with the saline solution or, if you have it, hard contact lens conditioning solution.

Now just pop out the other contact and repeat the process all over again.

When you’re ready to put your lenses in again rinse them off with a little bit of saline solution first so that they’ll be fresh.

Cleaning hard contact lenses can be a bit time consuming but still it’s a much better alternative to having to hunt for your glasses every time you stand up.

Blurred Vision You May Need Bifocal Contact Lenses – What Are Presbyopic contact lenses

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If you’ve been wearing contact lenses for ages and hitting middle age then you might notice that things seem fuzzier than they used to at a distance. That’s because as the body ages our far sightedness starts to go. Now not only can’t you see things up close, but items at a distance seem blurry too.

The traditional treatment for this condition, called presbyopia, is a pair of bifocals. Bifocals have a different level of magnification in different areas of the lenses allowing a person to focus at all distances. Luckily contact lenses are keeping up with glasses. Now you can get bifocal or presbyopic contact lenses.

Presbyopic contact lenses have the adaptability of bifocals with the convenience of contact lenses. There are several different designs that work in different ways.

A translating lens is typically a gas permeable contact, or semi rigid contact. These aren’t as comfortable as regular soft contact lenses but work about the same. These lenses have two different prescriptions built into the lens. A magnifier for up close reading located along the bottom of the lenses and then the distance portion along the upper half of the lens.

The concentric ring designs have different prescriptions radiating out from the center of the lens to the edges. You have to train your eyes to know which area to focus on for the right prescription power.

Aspheric lenses typically work more like progressive lens glasses. They have the near vision prescription concentrated along the center of the lens and then the far prescription along the outer perimeter. Like with the concentric ring design you’ll have to train your eyes where to look when selecting the proper power setting.

Selecting presbyopic contact lenses is a big decision. You’ll need to talk with your optometrist about what’s the perfect choice for your eyes. With a little bit of time and effort you’ll be seeing like new in no time.

What are Implantable Contact Lenses? (ICL)

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If you have severe vision issues that can’t be corrected with normal contact lenses and you don’t want to wear Coke bottle glasses then an implantable contact lens might be the solution you are looking for.

Implantable contact lenses, also known as intra ocular lenses or ICL’s are a way to correct the more severe forms of bad vision that can’t be helped through laser surgery or normal contacts. Unfortunately this is a little bit more invasive than just popping a contact lens onto your eye. It involves micro surgery.

If you’re not an ideal candidate for laser surgery either due to corneal thickness or those who have already had cataract surgery then an ICL might work.

This surgery requires a little bit more recovery time than traditional radial keratotomy or Lasik. With this surgery an incision is made on the side of the eye and the lens is slipped behind the cornea. The patient then has to rest for about an hour before being released to go home. There isn’t instant vision improvement like with laser corneal shaping. Instead this heals up gradually over about two weeks. You’ll have to go back to the Dr. the day after surgery to insure that there are no complications.

One other concern is that for safety reasons you can’t get lenses implanted in both eyes at the same time. Instead you’ll have to wait a week or two after the first surgery to make sure there’s no risk of rejection or infection. The last thing you want is to have problems with both eyes.

So if contact lenses and laser correction aren’t available for your particular vision issue and you’re tired of wearing glasses then implantable contact lenses might be just the thing to restore your vision back to normal and free you from glasses.

Don’t Let The Sun Destroy Your Eyes – All About UV Contact Lenses

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Contact lenses have literally changed the way we see.

They were introduced over 100 years ago as hard shell lenses that fit in the eye.

Today soft contact lenses account for the majority of the market.

Soft contact lenses can be found to treat almost any vision problem from astigmatism to the more common myopia. You can even find lenses that are designed just for theatrical effect like pure silver or cats eyes.

One of the newest advancements in contact lenses is the introduction of ultraviolet radiation protection, more commonly called UV Contact Lenses .

UV contact lenses not only give you good eyesight they protect you from harmful UV rays. UV rays can damage the skin and eyes and is one of the leading factors of skin cancer. Additionally, prolonged exposure to UV rays has a direct relationship to the development of cataracts, a clouding on the eye lens leading to blurry vision or in severe cases blindness.

The first thing to realize is that you won’t even notice the UV coating. It doesn’t change the color of objects that you are looking at. You won’t even notice the protection until decades later when all your friends are getting cataract surgery and you don’t need it.

Even though UV contact lenses can protect the eye it’s important to remember that contacts only cover around the iris. You’ll still want to wear sunglasses when going outside to make sure your eyes are completely protected. The whites of the eye can be damaged just as easily as your skin.

UV protection is a great added benefit to contact lenses. It can help reduce damage to your eyes over time. Protecting your eyes is important for years of clear sight. Just because you may have blurred vision doesn’t mean you have to let it get cloudy with cataracts.