Can I wear contact lenses if I have trachoma?

Trachoma is a relatively common eye disease, especially in spring when the weather is relatively dry, which often causes some people to get trachoma. At this time, it can cause itchy eyes and even swollen eyes. This disease is more common in adolescents and children. It is a contagious eye disease. For patients, it is best not to wear contact lenses, because this will aggravate the patient's condition and even cause greater harm.

Trachoma is a contagious eye disease.

Trachoma is a chronic infectious conjunctivitis and keratitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. It is named trachoma because it forms a rough and uneven appearance on the surface of the conjunctiva, resembling sand grains.

1. The primary cause of trachoma is lack of attention to hygiene. Children like to play, but they don’t consciously wash their hands after playing. When they rub their eyes with dirty hands, eye infections can easily occur. This unhygienic habit can easily lead to trachoma. For this reason, parents are advised to cultivate the habit of frequent hand washing in teenagers.

2. Because trachoma is contagious and is mainly transmitted through contact, when healthy children use towels, washbasins and other toiletries of trachoma patients, they can easily be infected. For this reason, it is recommended that parents prepare separate towels, washbasins and other toiletries for their children, and that they should use them independently.

Nowadays, many people like to wear contact lenses, but they don’t know that if the contact lenses are not handled properly during wearing, they will easily be contaminated with some microorganisms or bacteria. Wearing contact lenses will not only cause various inflammatory lesions in the eyes, but also aggravate the existing internal problems. Therefore, patients with trachoma cannot wear contact lenses.

After trachoma occurs, the surface of the eye will feel rough like sand grains. If you wear contact lenses at this time, your eyes will feel uncomfortable. If you rub your eyes, the contact lenses will have a certain impact on the inside of the eye. Therefore, it is best not to wear contact lenses before trachoma is cured.

In addition, when wearing contact lenses, there is a possibility that the contact lenses are not handled cleanly or the hands are contaminated with bacteria, which will cause the trachoma problem to worsen. In order to protect the eyes from being affected by other pathogens, it is best to wear framed glasses instead of contact lenses until the trachoma problem is resolved.