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Wow! This article couldn't have come at a better time for me. I recently started wearing contacts so that it's easier when I work out. But, I also started showe
by roystonvassey 10y ago
Wow! This article couldn't have come at a better time for me. I recently started wearing contacts so that it's easier when I work out. But, I also started showering after my workout with the lens on. While I thought I was being plain lazy, I had no clue I was exposing myself to such a big risk!
Thank you so much for posting this and thanks to the lady in the piece for spreading awareness about this!
- e12e 10y agoI occasionally use dailies - for swimming. But your example, and some of the stuff online doesn't makes sense: the difference between showering wearing contacts and without is that the contacts scrape up the cornea, and that the natural washing of tears become less effective (lenses trap all sorts of stuff on the eye). It sounds odd that if you throw away lenses after showering anyway - the risk would be different? Sounds like if one has been wearing lenses for a few hours, one should take precautions with getting water in the eye - with or without lenses? Also it appears, swimming with dailies - if one wears glasses before/after and throw away the dailies - should be reasonably safe from what I can gather? Alternatively, it would seem a lot more people would be infected even not wearing lenses at all?