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Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective
Contact lens (CL) wear has been a viable alternative to spectacle wear for several decades. The interest and desire to wear CLs have been stable in recent years, evidenced by the consistency of new wearers into this category of refractive correction. CLs have become one of the most commonly used med...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6118862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214367 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S139651 |
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description | Contact lens (CL) wear has been a viable alternative to spectacle wear for several decades. The interest and desire to wear CLs have been stable in recent years, evidenced by the consistency of new wearers into this category of refractive correction. CLs have become one of the most commonly used medical devices in the market, with more than 40 million wearers in the US. There are many activities in which patients report a preference of CL wear over spectacles (athletics for example). Nearly all patients (even presbyopic patients) have the option of contact lenses today given the expansion of powers and parameters in recent years. Patients eyes are getting dryer as factors of age and the environment. CL materials have improved in recent years in an attempt to meet the challenges of dryer eyes. Despite the improvements in CLs and their care, challenges persist. Patient education, handwashing, compliance with care, and wearing schedule are some of the challenges that providers face in the care of CL patients even today. |
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spelling | pubmed-61188622018-09-13 Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective Lievens, Christopher W Cilimberg, Kacey C Moore, Alison Clin Optom (Auckl) Review Contact lens (CL) wear has been a viable alternative to spectacle wear for several decades. The interest and desire to wear CLs have been stable in recent years, evidenced by the consistency of new wearers into this category of refractive correction. CLs have become one of the most commonly used medical devices in the market, with more than 40 million wearers in the US. There are many activities in which patients report a preference of CL wear over spectacles (athletics for example). Nearly all patients (even presbyopic patients) have the option of contact lenses today given the expansion of powers and parameters in recent years. Patients eyes are getting dryer as factors of age and the environment. CL materials have improved in recent years in an attempt to meet the challenges of dryer eyes. Despite the improvements in CLs and their care, challenges persist. Patient education, handwashing, compliance with care, and wearing schedule are some of the challenges that providers face in the care of CL patients even today. Dove Medical Press 2017-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6118862/ /pubmed/30214367 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S139651 Text en © 2017 Lievens et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Review Lievens, Christopher W Cilimberg, Kacey C Moore, Alison Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
title | Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
title_full | Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
title_fullStr | Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
title_short | Contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
title_sort | contact lens care tips for patients: an optometrist’s perspective |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6118862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214367 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S139651 |
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