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About
Contact Lenses
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Caring for your contact lenses is important to the health of your
eyes. Lenses start to feel uncomfortable when protein deposits form
on the lens’ surface. These deposits, found naturally in the tear
fluid of your eyes, accumulate on the lens over a period of weeks
and months. To
ensure that contact lenses give their wearers optimum performance
and superior comfort, Cooper Vision developed a convenient planned
replacement lens program. Cooper Vision's Preference? |
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quarterly planned replacement lenses and Hydra soft? Options
quarterly planned replacement lenses, manufactured from a material
that resists deposit build up, can be worn for up to three months
without enzyming. |
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The material's deposit-resistant properties keep your lenses cleaner
and your vision sharp. Frequency? monthly planned replacement lenses
can be worn for up to four weeks without enzymatic cleaning.
Preference, Frequency, and Hydra soft Options planned replacement
lenses are fit exclusively by your eye care professional at
regularly planned visits to ensure good eye health. With periodic
checkups, planned replacement justifiably is considered the
healthiest soft contact lens option available. |
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Whether you’re wearing a
Cooper Vision planned replacement lens or a conventional lens, you
should always follow your eye care professional’s prescribed cleaning
regimen. Failure to do so could result in red eye, pain, light
sensitivity, tearing, or sudden changes in vision.
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Are contacts a good fit for you?
Most people with vision conditions have no problem wearing contact
lenses. And, with new materials, replacement schedules and lens care
technologies, wearing contact lenses has never been easier. |
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However, you may have
difficulty wearing lenses, if: |
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your eyes are
irritated by allergies or your work environment hosts large quantities
of dust or chemicals.
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you suffer from
uncontrollable diabetes, severe arthritis in your hands, or an
overactive thyroid.
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Your eyes are overly
dry due to medications or pregnancy.
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See your eye care
professional to find out if contact lenses are right for you.
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Children need regular eye exams:
Of children between the ages of 5 and 12, one in four suffer from an
undiagnosed vision problem that effects their educational performance.
Because children often have no way of knowing if their vision is poor,
it is much harder to detect the problem. It is recommended that all
children have their eyes examined at age 4. If there is a family history
of eye conditions, it is recommend that their eyes be examined by the
age of three. Early detection is the key to good vision and vision
problems often respond favorable during the growth and development of a
child’s visual system. |
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Signs that your child
may have a vision problem: |
- Squinting, rubbing or
blinking the eyes a lot
- Having trouble seeing
the blackboard at school
- Using a finger as a
place mark when reading
- Holding head at an
awkward angle when reading
- Closing or covering
one eye to focus
- Holding reading
materials close to face
- Having red or crusty
eyes
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Adults
need regular eye exams, too:
Ideally,
you should have your eyes examined every year. Routine eye exams can
detect early signs of vision conditions, allowing for fast treatment of
most problems. Eye exams can also reveal serious and often times, hidden
medical conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, inflammations and
infections. |
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A typical eye exam:
Quick and painless, routine eye exams ensure good, healthy vision.
Before your exam, your eye care professional will ask you about your
health history and your family history, whether you've experienced any
eye trouble, and ask you to describe your work and lifestyle. Then,
he/she will test your eyes: checking for eye movement, peripheral vision
and color blindness, administering a glaucoma test and determining the
health of your optic nerve and retina. |
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Computer use and your eyes:
Many in our workforce spend the majority of their work day in front of a
computer screen. And, nearly 90% of those working at a video display
terminal experienced some form of vision problems as a result.
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Symptoms that are related to computer use are: |
- Difficulty focusing
after working at a computer
- Eye strain or fatigue,
Headaches
- Dry, itchy and/or
irritated eyes
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There are also
environmental factors that increase computer-related eye strain:
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Bright lights in your
peripheral vision can be distracting.
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Reflected light on
your computer screen can cause a glare, decreasing the contrast of the
screen character.
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