Why contact lenses can disrupt the microflora of the eye and how to avoid it

A new study of the medical center at NYU discovered species of bacteria that are responsible for predisposition people who wear lenses to certain types of infections. What kind of bacteria and diseases can be avoided?

It turned out that you can not just stick two pieces of plastic itself in the eyes and assume that everything will be as before. At the annual meeting of members of the American Association of Ophthalmology Microbiology Lisa Park He presented a new study on those who wear contact lenses.

Scientists led by Park analyzed the eyes of nine people who wear contact lenses, and eleven people who never let them put on. It turned out that the first bacterial eye makeup is more similar to the bacterial composition of the skin under the eye. While they differ in the second group.

More specifically, in the first group we have found prevalence of these types of bacteria like lactobacilli, atsinetobakter, methylobacteria and Pseudomonas. Their abundance can explain the predisposition of those who wear contact lenses, ocular infections, such as corneal ulcer.

According to Lisa Park, not all who wear contact lenses are prone to infection occurrence, but has a similar bacterial offset this impact. Park believes that the main problem is the process of putting a lens in which we first we place it on your finger and then apply ourselves to the eye. At this point in the eyes may get unwanted dirt, which also contributes to the development of infections.

If you want to warn your eyes from violations of the microflora, it is best to wear a one-day lenses.

The next step - to analyze the eyes of people who had been ill or suffer from eye infections, and to understand how their case changed microflora. The park also does not exclude the fact that the body of people who wear lenses for years, can adapt to them. This matter she would dedicate his next study.