Cheap contact lenses are dangerous for the eyes

The popularity of cheap contact lenses that people buy over the Internet, to avoid more serious costs, has led to a surge in eye infections. Experts say that this fashion is able to threaten and loss of vision.

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In many countries, contact lenses   They are written by experts, which incidentally carried out patients and a vision test. All this costs money, and Many people tend to avoid such costs. To do this, they turn to an internet store selling contact lenses The cost of which the World Wide Web is several times lower.

Indeed, online shopping help save a few hundred rubles, but it bought contact lenses can cause serious development Eye Infections   and even loss of vision, according to experts. This particularly comes Mimivirus that can cause irreparable damage to the cornea. amount cases the virus from 2010 in one England increased twice as said Professor John Dart from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

According to him, the matter splash Mimivirus is the fact that people no longer need to go through for verification of their health, which are usually held before buying contact lenses in optics. These tests are valuable because they allow to detect early signs of infection. In addition, experienced specialists explain contact lens hygiene, compliance with which also helps reduce risk eye infections .

"People want to save money - says Professor Dart. - Very often it makes young people students. As a result, they do not check the eyes of experts, and these checks needed. And not just to change some points on the other, but for In order to check the health of the eye. In the case of lenses you also put foreign object in the eye itself. It is necessary to check, do not cause any lens damage to the eyes. "(Read More)

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