>> With a health alert for anyone who wears contact lenses we
know there are a lot of you out
there recently 2 people have
gone blind after contracting a
rare virus.
>> While wearing their contacts
as they were swimming or
showering and this is serving
as a reminder the bacteria, the
contaminants all the viruses
that could be lurking in the
water and here to talk about
eye health is ophthalmologist
doctor Rochon of Patel thank
you so much for being with us
this morning doctor Patel it’s
my pleasure now I was just
holding Zach for this earlier
and I know a lot of you at
home, I know you do this you
contact comes out, and you
rinse it in 10 water. Yeah,
that is that. So that is not a
good contact lens. step
to take
tap water.
>> As many different bacteria
and viruses but particularly it
has an amoeba which is called
it can to me about
and that can cause serious eye
infection. And that can lead to
blindness if you do not see kid
the right time right
and so what is
this virus.
>> That we’re talking about are
the or the bacteria or the one
that causes the blindness is
the very one yes.
>> So it’s a single cell in me
about that is very common in
nature at its present in soil
and air and water sources,
including a tap water. Well
water rivers lakes oceans it’s
everywhere. And it it needs to
infection of the cornea win the
majority of the time in
patients who wear contact
lenses while they’re swimming
when taking a shower are not
cleaning the contact lenses
properly.
>> So I’m wondering though what
do you do if you really can’t
see without contact lenses and
you go to the beach today in
and you want to swim in the
ocean.
>> Well in that case the best
thing to do is
always have a pair of goggles
you can wear over the eye.
So that what it doesn’t get in
the eye. You can also get
prescription cough got
swimming goggles, we know that
you can see in the eye and then
you don’t even have to wear
contact lens at that time.
>> Talk about some of the signs
of infection because I know
people watching right now many
feel like oh my eyes kind
inching or looks a little bit
read what what do we need to
know about infection when is it
time to go to the doctor okay,
so I tried to remember the
acronym got RSVP.
>> And the symptoms of an
infection is our stance for
redness as it stands for
sensitivity
to light, the stands for vision
decreasing and P for pain so
these are the top 4 symptoms
any of
these symptoms. Present in your
right you should contact the
eye doctor. Some other symptoms
include excessive tearing or
feeling that piece of sand is
stuck in my eye and I cannot
get it out.
>> How important is it to wash
your hands before you put your contacts in or even take them out.
So.
out. So. >> Very important and them
several steps you should take
handling of
contact lenses. So proper
conduct untied team includes
first about washing your hands
before taking a contact lenses
out always using the solution
that’s a recommended by the
doctor never the tap water or
ceiling water. You take that
contact lens and then clean it
right away by robbing the
contact lenses and when singing
about that the solution
and then storing it in Keene
contact lens cases
never overfill the contact lens
cases with the mixing the old
and the new solution
and then change the cases once
a month or at the very least
every 3 months.
>> And I’m curious too because
at daily’s are so popular now
are those a little bit safer
than the ones you wear for
maybe 30 days at
a time absolutely daily contact
lenses are safer because you
put them in the morning and
then pick it out at night.
>> But you should not sleeping
at any contact lenses
and even the the daily contact
lenses you can get infection in
the eye if you do not use
it appropriately you should not
be going swimming with it could
be contact lenses either.
>> All right some very good