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  Don't Wear Contact Lenses While Showering or Swimming

  

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  Contact lens technology has improved drastically since the days when your only option was putting hard plastic chips on your eyeball. But even with all the optical advancements, there are still some activities doctors recommend that you avoid while wearing contacts — and you may be surprised to hear that that list…Read more...

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  What happens when you sleep in your contacts

  

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  Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video. Irina Belinsky: Some contact lens brands say that...

  Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video. Irina Belinsky: Some contact lens brands say that it's okay to sleep in them, but as a general rule, it's really not. Contact lenses are safe, but they're safe if you take care of them appropriately, and part of good contact lens hygiene is not sleeping in your contact lenses. Think of the contact lens as...

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  How to Wear Contact Lenses Safely, If You're Going to Wear Them Anyway

  

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  Back in April, we reported on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) recommendation that contact lens...

  Back in April, we reported on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) recommendation that contact lens wearers switch back to glasses for the time being, for pandemic reasons. In addition to avoiding anything that involves sticking your fingers in your eyes right now, the AAO also pointed out that contact lens…Read more...

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  A woman pulled a half-inch-long worm out of her eyeball after a trail run, and then found 3 more

  

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  A 68-year-old woman contracted a parasitic infection after a trail run in California, causing half-inch worms...

  A 68-year-old woman contracted a parasitic infection after a trail run in California, causing half-inch worms to come out of her eyeballs. She is the second known person to be infected by these parasites, known as Thelazia gulosa, which typically infect cattle.  The infection was likely caused by a swarm of flies that feed on eye secretions, according to a new study of the case....

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