If you wear contact lenses then there are some basic should be taken in order to prevent eye infections. Basic contact lens hygiene will help to keep your eye healthy and is easy to follow.

Before putting contacts into your eyes at any time you must wash and dry your hands thoroughly. The scrubbed thirty seconds under war water hand should be lathered.

Inserting your contacts while standing over a bathroom sink is never a good idea, because a dropped lens means it will be swimming in bacteria from the sink, or you may even lose it down the drain. Instead work over a clean desk or table with a mirror. To avoid the mixup of your lenses by mistake, open the case that holds your contacts one side

After the first lens in place, repeat the process for the second one. Dump any remaining solution down the drain and rinse the case with clean contact lens solution.

Don’t touch the contact lens solution bottles mouth with anything. This will assist in maintaining the bottle and what ’s in it clean.

While you should never rub your eyes, this is especially true if your contacts are in. The cornea of your eye and cause major damage you could scratched. Contact lenses should be re-moistened with a solution of contact, never use water or saliva.

Watch your eyes to the accumulation of mucus like material. This is an indication of a problem with the contacts and they should be removed and kept out until the problem has cleared up. To prevent contamination of the contact and this is to give the eye time to heal.

The contact lens case should be replaced every three months. As directed by your doctor, contacts should be replaced. Do not attempt to wear your contact lenses longer than recommended by your doctor.

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