Hard Lenses Are No Soft Touch – Contact Lenses and Dry Eyes

November 16, 2009 by AMED  
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Yoga for Your Eyes

What is ocular rosacea? – also known as rosacea eyes

If you have rosacea and suffer from eye problems such as irritation, inflammation, decreased vision, or conjunctivitis, you could be suffering from ocular rosacea and may need treatment from your doctor.

In order for an ophthalmologist to make a diagnosis, they will need to examine your symptoms, and your treatment will depend on the symptoms and the severity of the disease.

A common misconception about contact lenses focuses around the issue of contact lenses and dry eyes. One particularly prevalent myth is that all hard contact lenses will automatically cause dryness of the eyes as well as irritation.

This is something of a fallacy although an extremely understandable one given that there is actually a grain of truth present. In order to more adequately explain this, we will need to review what actually causes irritation and infection of the eyes.

Other treatments may include:

* Keep eyelids and eye lashes clean – treatment Wash the eyelids daily with diluted baby shampoo on a warm wet washcloth to help keep the tear glands clear and unblocked. Place a hot compress on your eyes for five minutes before the diluted baby shampoo is used to gently clean the corners of the eyes.

* Use hot compress

Apply a warm moist washcloth to the eyes several times a day. This will be helpful for the infection.

* Remove eye make up

Remove all eye make up before going to bed, and scrub the lashes very gently using diluted baby shampoo.

* Replace eye makeup

Doctors recommend replacing eye makeup every three to four months as there is a good chance of bacterial growth from the applicator after using it on your eyelids.

By replacing your eye makeup you can easily solve the problem of flaring or worsening of ocular rosacea symptoms.

One of the most straightforward ways of resolving the lenses and dry eyes issue is by making use of soft lenses instead. Soft contact lenses are specially designed to allow greater volumes of oxygen into the eye and this is typically achieved by the materials typically used to create them which are usually very lightweight and porous as well

Resource Author Francisco R. Higueras
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