What to Expect After Treatment
When you are prescribed to wear contact lenses you have some time to adjust to them. Hard contact lenses take from 2 to 4 week period for adjusting. Soft contacts usually take less time. During this period of time you wear your contact lenses increasily longer than in the previous day.
Why It is Done
Contact lenses are used for correction a lot of eye diseases: nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism, and combined nearsightedness and astigmatism. Toric lenses are used to correct astigmatism. Very often they are more expensive because they need to be custom-made.
People who have had surgery for cataracts,when the natural lens was rmoved from the eye can use contact lenses. Contact lenses can be used to treat some eye diseases, for example, keratoconus, and corneal scars, which are caused by injury or infection.
Most people prefer to wear contact lenses because it is more convenient way than to wear glasses. Besides wearing contacts depends on the person’s style and a lot of people simply like how they look without eyeglasses.
You shouldn’t wear contact lenses if you:
• are not willing or not able to care for the lenses in a proper way;
• have some problems with your health that may make the process of removing, cleaning of inserting the lenses more difficult, for example in case you have a severe arthritis;
• have some medical conditions such as diabetes or hiperthyroidism, and also allergies, asthma, which can make the contacts wearing difficult;
• have a syndrome of dry eyes or problems with the cornea usually are not able to wear contact lenses;.
• work with chemical substances
Usually infants and children do not wear contact lenses, only if the lenses are prescribed for treatment some medical conditions or diseases. Nowadays a lot of teenagers wear contact lenses, but they and their parents must be ready for the need of frequent changes in the prescription till the time their eyes stop changing in the late teens or early 20s.
How Well It Works
Almost everyone who has some problems with eyesight can wear contact lenses. Some types of the lenses work better than others in correction of specific problems.
• Rigid gas-permeable lenses may be the best solution for those people who suffer both from nearsightedness and astigmatism.
• Some people cannot wear hard lenses. Today there is a way out: soft lenses that correct both nearsightedness and astigmatism are available. Soft contact lenses are more comfortable than hard lenses, but hard lenses usually provide sharper vision.
• Most patients face with problems with their contacts because they don't follow instructions according which you should wear your contacts for determinate time, clean and disinfect them in a proper way. Following these instructions you save your eye health and achieve the best results.
Some people prefer good vision correction more than greater comfort. People who suffer from severe nearsightedness or both nearsightedness and astigmatism may get the best vision correction from gas-permeable lenses, but they may be satisfied with with soft lenses, which are generally more comfortable than hard contact lenses.
What to Think About
With time passing and adjusting to the contact lenses some people find out that they cannot wear contacts at all. They face with such problem as allergies, dry eyes, discomfort, which appear during the period of adaptation, and the "hassle factor".
Of course it takes some time to find the type of the lenses which suits you the best and the schedule of wearing which is convenient for you. Nowadays a lot of types of lenses on all tastes are available. Your eye care professional help you to select the best type of lens, which will be the right answr for your needs and lifestyle.
The care of contact lenses depends on the type of lens. Your care may minimal as for disposable extended-wear soft lenses or extensive as for conventional soft lenses. It is very important for you to follow directions for lens care and than you can avoid a lot of problems which can oouse vision-threatening complications. You must tell your ophthalmologist if you have some problems with the contact lenses.
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