“I Couldn’t See For 6 Months” #contactlenses

Wearing contact lenses while swimming is not recommended due to the heightened risk of eye infections. Water, whether from pools, lakes, or the ocean, can contain various microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and amoebae, that can adhere to contact lenses. When these microorganisms get trapped between the lens and the eye, they can cause serious infections, such as keratitis, which is an inflammation of the cornea.

One particularly dangerous microorganism is Acanthamoeba, commonly found in water, which can lead to Acanthamoeba keratitis—a rare but painful and potentially sight-threatening condition. Chlorine in pools may not be effective in eliminating all harmful pathogens, and natural bodies of water present an even higher risk due to the presence of various microbes.

Additionally, contact lenses can absorb chemicals and other substances in the water, which can irritate the eyes and contribute to discomfort or infection. For these reasons, it’s safer to remove contact lenses before swimming or use prescription goggles to protect your eyes while maintaining clear vision.

#vision #swimming

[AlexsaurusRex]

Glad she got her sight back. It sucks hearing stories of people losing something permanently

[maddiejoy]

Goggles look dorky, but they're so much better than eye parasites.

[greenlean]

For anyone who doesn’t know, contacts should never be worn when you have ANY exposure to water—including swimming, when in the shower, when washing your face, etc.
I’ve had multiple eye doctors educate me about the multiple dangerous parasites in water (which can cause permanent blindness within hours!).
These parasites are benign to the bare eye, as they are unable to bite onto the bare eye surface. But since contacts are so soft, the parasite can bite & chew through the contact extremely easily & quickly, and once they chew through the contact the boundary between the contact and eye becomes indistinguishable, which is how they permanently damage/blind the eye.

This lady is extremely lucky she got her vision back. She must have been in the water a very short time and removed the contact quickly, because it’s very uncommon for individuals to maintain their vision after exposure.

[hunterv]

i love being punished for not being able to see

[KoumoriKoumori]

new fear unlocked and I don't even wear contact lens

[robynmorris]

I always wear goggles with my contacts in the water!

[popipoo_]

omg thats crazy!!!!
this is why i wear goggles lol

[shrimp.thursday]

YOU CAN GET PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES? Bro I wish I had known this like 5 years ago when I swam all the time and couldn't see shit

[fpekvnq]

I have severe phobia of any water getting into my eyes when wearing contact lenses cause of such cases. Cannot stick to wearing glasses everyday because of my high myopia. My glasses are just too heavy to wear the whole day. Although I always wear glasses when I go to the beach/pool

[KiwiiLoka]

This reminds me to a banner i saw in the optometrist office telling some of the different types of eye diseases and i swear, all of them said the Main cause is wearing contact lenses 😭😭💀

[Valla]

What's wrong with wearing regular goggles while you have your contacts in (so your eyes aren't in the water)?

[honk]

What the actual FRICK I've been wearing contacts for 10 years, always in water too and nobody has ever told me about

[RenABFF]

I’ll definitely forget to take out contacts and/or lose them if I wore them.

So I just always use glasses even if sometimes it’s less convenient.

[Nke]

I'm an optician from Germany and a client went swimming with his contacts somewhere in South America and he had such a bad infection so that back in Germany they had to remove his cornea and give him a donor one. Since then he has very high prescription and his loss of vision is extremely bad and is probably never gonna be better again..Acanthamoeba is a serious thing, one should be really careful! This girl was very lucky!

[vqmqxdb]

I always swim with lenses. Been doing this for the past 45 years

[weronika]

This probably saved my eyes but what a pain in the... i need laser corection :( it's even worse when you once had perfect vision and then it became worse and worse...

[tanynova]

I get the point, but swimming in glasses or with -4.5 vision is torture

[TheRealEthanMousiké]

Ever since I heard about the old lady that had a bunch stuck in her upper eyelids, I left my contacts for glasses. Tho glasses suck in the heat and just a hassle, it's way better and so easy.

[joannahs]

I wear contacts and never knew you're not supposed to wear them in the water until now. I guess the eye doctors i go to dont do their job

[Ghostshark]

Who, in their right mind, who wears contact lenses, OPENS THEIR EYES UNDERWATER?!!!! Common sense people! Come on! **bangs head on desk**