Wearing contact lenses may lead to Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Wearing contact lenses may lead to Acanthamoeba KeratitisAuthor: Ethan FinsterContact lenses always need careful cleaning and storing. If the wearer has poor health habits, a serious infection named Acanthamoeba may be aroused, which is very difficult to treat. To prevent this bothering infection, contact lenses wearers must follow the codes required by doctors and manufacturers. First found in 1973, Acanthamoeba has been mostly related to contact lenses, with a 90 percentage.
Acanthamoeba Keratitis that infecting the eyes come from the natural occurring amoeba. These tiny and single-cell animals mostly appear in tap water, well water as well as sewage systems. Fortunately, Acanthamoeba Keratitis occur an average of two times among one million wearers. Exception also exists ever found by the US centers for Diseases Control and other researchers. In 2007, the contact lenses solution named Complete MoisturePlus aroused a wide spread worrying about infection. The CDC reported that this product had a seven times risk of conventional products.
Good lenses hygiene is the most effective way in avoiding Acanthamoeba Keratitis. And Acanthamoeba can be killed by rubbing off the lens surface. But there are may unhealthy factors that may cause this infection, such as using polluted tap or well water and homemade products to clean lenses, showering or swimming without removing your contact lenses, as well as dirty cases.
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