Complications caused by contact lens wearing.

نویسندگان

  • Jasna Beljan
  • Kristina Beljan
  • Zdravko Beljan
چکیده

Complications in wearing contact lenses are very rare and caused by poor maintenance, over-extended wear and wearing of contact lenses in a polluted environment. Regular control by a professional person can efficiently reduce the number of complications. This paper describes the most common risks factors for complications, and complications of wearing contact lenses with the classification according to the anatomic parts of the eye: eyelids, tear film, limbus, corneal epithelium, corneal stroma and corneal endothelium. Every complication has been described by the characteristic signs and symptoms, etiology and pathology, as well as therapy and prognosis. The paper describes how to select adequate customers as contact lens users, with proper education in order to ensure minimal incidence of complications due to contact lens wear, thus attracting a lot of satisfied and healthy customers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Collegium antropologicum

دوره 37 Suppl 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013