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Dirty Contact Lens Wearers Risk Blindness

...Shockingly over 15% of wearers will pick an unwashed contact lens off the floor and pop it in their eye and 70% of people keep their lenses in for far too long every day.

But careless contact lens wearers rarely realise their bad habits increase the risk of their contracting eye diseases, including conjunctivitis and acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but very painful and potentially blinding infection of the cornea, the transparent covering at the front of the eye.

Men are the lazy ones when it comes to caring for their eyes, with more than half sleeping in their lenses and 44% not bothering to wash their hands before putting their lenses in.

But surprisingly women have the dirtiest habits.

Nearly a quarter of women lick their lenses before popping them in their eyes and 16% will use a dirty lens they have dropped on the floor, according to research by the College of Optometrists.

And you have heard of sharing make-up, some women even share their Experts warn even habits that seem harmless such as washing lenses in tap water or with a different cleansing solution can damage the wearers' eyes.

Tap water contains bacteria that can blind you and using the wrong solution not only harms the lens but can also produce allergic reactions or even burn the eye.

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Bad lenses ‘eye-giene’ is risking sight

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Click here for sport menu Bad lenses ‘eye-giene’ is risking sight MILLIONS of contact lens wearers are risking blindness due to dirty habits.

Many admit picking lenses off the floor then putting them straight in their eye, experts found.

Other disgusting traits include licking the lens to hydrate it and not washing hands before handling one - both branded bad eye-giene' by the College of Optometrists.

advertisement Such a casual attitude could result in disease, eye damage and even blindness, warn the organisation.

Even tap water should not be used to wash the fragile discs now worn by three million Brits as an alternative to glasses.

Research by the college found 70% of wearers have at least one potentially eye-damaging habit and a few women have even shared a contact lens with a friend.

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