Does wearing contact lenses increase chances of infection? Find out more from this article. Contact lens is a thin lens placed directly on the surface of the eye. It is mainly used to correct vision, sometimes for cosmetic, or for therapeutic reasons. Wearing contact lenses is a boon for people who would otherwise have had to wear glasses.
However, it comes with the curse of increased chances of infection, as stated by one research team from New York University Langone Medical Center. It is estimated that up to one in every 500 contact lens users suffers from eye infections every year. But, where do the germs responsible for infections come from? It is believed that these infections are largely tied to the improper cleaning or wearing of contacts, like leaving them on for too long or while sleeping for instance. In a small pilot experiment, the researchers from NYU swabbed the eyes of…
