Contact Lenses and your Eyecare Questions Answered Volume 1
Q. Can the power of my hard lenses be changed, if I become more short-sighted?
A. Yes quite easily, if the equipment is to hand. But lens adjustments, and even polishing, are becoming increasingly uneconomic and most fitters will simply order new lenses for you.
Q. Can the power of soft lenses be changed? A. No.
Q. Why do soft lenses have a limited life?
A. Surfaces become permanently contaminated or pitted, edges become nicked, lenses tear, material becomes discoloured.
Q. What will happen if I let my soft lenses dry? A. They will turn into little grey potato crisps.
Q. Does that mean they are ruined?
A. By no means — unless you snap them. Just put them back into water, or a soaking solution and they will soon be restored to normal.
Q. What are comfort drops?
A. These are viscous solutions which help to keep the lenses wetted. They are sometimes helpful in building up wearing time.
Q. I wear soft lenses. Can 1 use medical eye drops?
A. Be careful! The preservative might concentrate in your lens and cause irritation. The active ingredient might also do the same, in which case you will get more than was intended.
Q. I get hay fever. Is it all right to wear my lenses during an attack? A. Between attacks — no problem. During an attack there is a risk of losing lenses if your eyes water or you sneeze much. A specialist could prescribe useful eye-drops.
Q. Can I wear my lenses if I have conjunctivitis?
A. Positively not. And make sure that they, and your lens containers, are sterilized before you wear them again.
Q. How?
A. Thorough cleaning, enzyme and boiling (if safe) for soft lenses; thorough cleaning and prolonged soakage in solution for hard lenses. Don’t forget the container!
Q. I have glaucoma. Should I wear contact lenses?
A. Ask your specialist. Sometimes soft lenses are undesirable, but they can be used to improve the delivery of medication.
Q. At what age can contact lenses be fitted?
A. Contact lenses have been successfully fitted to new-born babies, to ninety-year-old post-cataract patients and to people of every age in between.
Q. Yes, but apart from medical indications when should young people start?
A. People with moderate degrees of short sight might start around sixteen years, but if the myopia is severe, an earlier start is justified. But in this case an adult should supervise wearing time and routine cleaning of the lenses.
Q. Do young people have many problems with contact lenses? A. Young people are remarkably tolerant and have few problems. Those that arise are nearly always due to overwear andlack of cleanliness.
Q. Which kinds of people are least likely to be successful with contact lenses?
A. Males over 40. Teenage girls almost always succeed!
Q. I am short-sighted, 45, and usually take off my glasses to read. Do you recommend contact lenses?
A. No.
Q. Why not?
A. You will certainly need to wear reading glasses on top of your lenses.
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