How To Wear Contact Lenses In The Allergy Season
By By Peter Smithson
The allergy seasons are a real challenge, especially if youwear contact lenses. A chronic allergy to mold, pet danderor other environmental allergens can create a year-rounddilemma. No matter what the cause, seasonal allergies makeyour eyes hypersensitive and irritated. Ordinary softcontact lenses often make them feel even worse
There's a lot you can do to reduce the misery of allergyseason. Keep your contacts as clean as you can whether youhave to use lubricating drops to rinse your eyes outregularly. Remove your contacts and clean them in asolution throughout the day, if they are not 'one-per-day'type lenses.
Allergy induced conjunctivitis, a condition that causespainful swelling and redness of the eyes, can make wearingyour contacts a real pain. If this becomes a real issue,it's best to consult your optometrist. Disposable lensesallow you a more comfortable lens that you can trash at theend of the day. You'll have no more worries about makingsure all the dust and pollen has been removed or cleansed.
Other ways to get relief are simple. During allergy season,contact lens wearers should close the windows in their carsand houses and use the air conditioner. Air conditionerfilters often remove most of the annoying pollens and dustfrom
